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

Cafelandia, Diocese of

CAFELANDIA, DIOCESI DI

By Maurilio Cesar de Lima

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CAFELANDIA, Diocese of. - In the republic of Brazil, State of S. Paulo, suffragan of S. Paulo. It was erected by Pius XI with the bull Ea est in praesenti of 21 June 1926, by dismemberment of the diocese of Botucatu.

It comprises the fertile north-western zone of the State, with an area of 40,000 sq km and a population of 1,700,000 inhabitants, of whom 1,500,000 are Catholics, distributed in 42 parishes. The diocesan clergy is composed of 43 priests, and 23 regulars. The patroness of the diocese and of the cathedral is St. Elizabeth of Hungary.

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BIBL.: AAS, 19 (1927), p. 370; Anuario estadístico de Brasil 1937, Rio de Janeiro 1937, pp. 68-72; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil católico 1938, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 68-72.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 284.

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Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Cafelandia, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 284. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cafelandia-diocesi-di.

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Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Cafelandia, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 284. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cafelandia-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Cesar, de Lima Maurilio},
  title     = {Cafelandia, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {284},
  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/cafelandia-diocesi-di}
}

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