Diocese of Duque de Caxias
| Diocese of Duque de Caxias | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| Diocesan bishop | Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mauro Morelli |
| founding | 1980 |
| surface | 503 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,469,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,159,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 78.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 24,660 |
| Permanent deacons | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| Website | http://diocesededuquedecaxias.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Duque de Caxias ( Latin Dioecesis Caxiensis , Portuguese Diocese de Duque de Caxias ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Duque de Caxias in the state of Rio de Janeiro .
history
The diocese of Duque de Caxias was established on October 11, 1980 by Pope John Paul II from ceding territories from the dioceses of Nova Iguaçu and Petrópolis and subordinated to the archbishopric of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as a suffragan .
Bishops of Duque de Caxias
- Mauro Morelli , 1981-2005
- José Francisco Rezende Dias , 2005–2011, then Archbishop of Niterói
- Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos , since 2012