Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Barra do Piraí, Diocese of

BARRA DO PIRAÍ, DIOCESI DI

By Giovanni Meseguer

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BARRA DO PIRAÍ, DIOCESE OF. - In Brazil, State of Rio de Janeiro; erected on 4 Dec. 1922 with parishes of the diocese of Nictheroy, suffragan of S. Sebastiano of Rio de Janeiro. In the bull of erection, instead of canons, it is granted that diocesan consultors be appointed temporarily. The cathedral is dedicated to St. Anne. On 27 March 1925, 13 parishes were separated to form the diocese of Valença; at present it comprises 22 parishes.

The diocese has 350,000 inhabitants, of whom 300,000 are Catholics, over an area of 10,000 sq km; it has 22 diocesan priests and 17 regulars.

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BIBL.: AAS. 15 (1923), pp. 485-87; 16 (1924), p. 132; 17 (1925), pp. 516-19, 648; 27 (1935), p. 504; O Brasil Católico, Guiz de Fora 1947, pp. 30-34.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 892–893.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Barra Do Piraí, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 892–893. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/barra-do-pirai-diocesi-di.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Barra Do Piraí, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 892–893. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/barra-do-pirai-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Meseguer, Giovanni},
  title     = {Barra Do Piraí, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {892--893},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/barra-do-pirai-diocesi-di}
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