Diocese of Itapetininga
| Diocese of Itapetininga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sorocaba |
| Diocesan bishop | Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto OTheat |
| Vicar General | Renato de Goes Vieira |
| founding | 1998 |
| surface | 7,948 km² |
| Parishes | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 434,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 398,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,370 |
| Permanent deacons | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres |
| Website | http://www.diocesedeitapetininga.com.br/site/index.php |
The diocese Itapetininga ( Latin Dioecesis Itapetiningensis , Portuguese Diocese de Itapetininga ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Itapetininga in the state of São Paulo .
territory
The diocese includes the following parishes in the Brazilian state of São Paulo : Itapetininga , Alambari , Campina do Monte Alegre , Capela do Alto , Cesário Lange , Guareí , Paranapanema , Pilar do Sul , Porangaba , Quadra , São Miguel Arcanjo , Tatuí and Torre de Pedra .
history
The diocese of Itapetininga was established on April 15, 1998 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicum munus from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Sorocaba and the Diocese of Itapeva . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Sorocaba as a suffragan . The first bishop was Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto OTheat .
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1999 | 300,000 | 380,000 | 78.9 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 10,344 | 18th | 4th | 36 | 19th |
| 2000 | 350,000 | 430,000 | 81.4 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 12,068 | 18th | 4th | 36 | 19th |
| 2001 | 305,000 | 310,000 | 98.4 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 10,517 | 18th | 2 | 51 | 20th |
| 2002 | 330,000 | 379,000 | 87.1 | 28 | 25th | 3 | 11,785 | 33 | 6th | 36 | 25th |
| 2003 | 350,000 | 380,000 | 92.1 | 30th | 27 | 3 | 11,666 | 34 | 6th | 36 | 26th |
| 2004 | 546,000 | 635,000 | 86.0 | 33 | 30th | 3 | 16,545 | 32 | 6th | 36 | 33 |
| 2006 | 375,000 | 388,000 | 96.6 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 11,718 | 33 | 6th | 36 | 26th |
| 2013 | 389,000 | 424,000 | 91.7 | 51 | 49 | 2 | 7,627 | 30th | 2 | 25th | 36 |
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Apostolicum munus , AAS 90 (1998), n.6, p. 380f.