Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Holy Spirit, Diocese of

SPIRITO SANTO, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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HOLY SPIRIT, DIOCESE OF. - Suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, in the State of Espírito Santo in Brazil.

It has an area of 45,000 sq km with a population of 730,000 Catholics. It consists of 39 parishes, served by 35 diocesan priests and 39 religious. There are 3 male religious communities and 6 female. Erected by decree of the Sacred Congregation Consistorial of 15 Nov. 1895, by dismemberment of the diocese of Niterói, raising to cathedral the church of Our Lady of the Conception of Prainha of Vitória, its first bishop was Msgr. Giovanni Nery. Titular of the diocese is Our Lady of Penha and of the cathedral N. S. Ausiliatrice.

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BIBL.: O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, p. 135; Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 386.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1151.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Spirito Santo, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1151. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/spirito-santo-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Spirito Santo, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1151. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/spirito-santo-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec11_spirito_santo_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Spirito Santo, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1151},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/spirito-santo-diocesi-di}
}

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