Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Porto Nacional, Diocese of

PORTO NAZIONALE, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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PORTO NACIONAL, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese in the State of Goias in Brazil. It has an area of 250,000 sq km with a population of 213,000 inhabitants, of whom 208,000 are Catholics. It has 17 parishes, served by 10 diocesan priests, a major and minor seminary (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 325).

The diocese was created by Pope Benedict XV with the bull Apostolatus officium of 20 Dec. 1915 by dismemberment of the diocese of Goias, elevating to the rank and dignity of cathedral the church dedicated to Our Lady of Graces existing in P. N. The diocese is a suffragan of Mariana; the patroness of the diocese is N. Senhora des Meries.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: AAS, 8 (1916), pp. 92-95; G. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 313-15.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1811.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Porto Nazionale, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1811. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-nazionale-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Porto Nazionale, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1811. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-nazionale-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Porto Nazionale, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1811},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/porto-nazionale-diocesi-di}
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