Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Diocese of Valença

Dioecesis Valentina in Brasilia



Show: All | General Information | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 27 March 1925
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio de Janeiro
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 3,996 (1,543 Square Miles)
  • Description: Comendador Levy Gasparian, Miguel Pereira, Paraíba do Sul, Paty do Alferes, Rio das Flores, Sapucaia, Três Rios, Valença, and Vassouras
  • Conference Region: Leste 1
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesedevalenca.org
  • Mailing Address: Residencia Episcopal, Praca Visconde do Rio Preto 375, 27600-000 Valenca, RJ, Brazil
  • Telephone: (024)2452-0207

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
27 March 1925ErectedDiocese of Barra do Piraí (Besengano, Conservatória, Encruzilhada, Ipiabas, Miguel Pereira, Paraíba do Sul, Paty do Alferes, Rio Bonito, Rio das Flores, Sapucaia, Três Rios, Valença, and Vassouras)
Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy) (Carmo and Sumidouro)
Diocese of Valença (erected)
26 March 1960Territory LostDiocese of Campos (Casimiro de Abreu, Conceição de Macabu, Macaé, Santa Maria Madalena, São Sebastião do Alto, Trajano de Moráis, and parts of Cordeiro)
Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy) (Bom Jardim, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Cantagalo, Duas Barras, Itaocara, Nova Friburgo, and parts of Cordeiro)
Diocese of Valença (Carmo and Sumidouro)
Diocese of Nova Friburgo (erected)
13 June 1960Territory LostDiocese of Valença (Ipiabas) Diocese of Barra do Piraí

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950150,000151,00099.3%1012226,8182011017ap1951
196540,000180,00022.2%1814321,25021217ap1967
1968120,00015158,00013118ap1971
1976180,000225,00080.0%1312257,2001212618ap1977
1980208,000235,00088.5%131316,0001113022ap1981
1990259,000286,00090.6%12112311,260117824ap1991
1999232,300333,50069.7%1392210,5591010026ap2000
2000252,306354,45171.2%15102510,092118026ap2001
2001243,080353,54768.8%13102310,5681110526ap2002
2002244,830348,20070.3%12102211,1281111026ap2003
2003222,435296,58075.0%11112210,1101210526ap2004
2004247,550330,35874.9%12102211,2521410326ap2005
2010267,500369,00072.5%15112610,288118026ap2011
2014279,000386,00072.3%1811299,620167126ap2015
2017248,539389,24063.9%218298,570166426ap2018
2020253,900398,12063.8%199289,067117926ap2021
2022258,000404,00063.9%248328,062143728ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 17, Page 516, to Page 519

============

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

============

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
[ Comments/Corrections ] Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024
Code: web_d, v3.4.6, 4 Feb 2024; Data: 14 Apr 2024