Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Brazil

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#CatholicsPopulationPercent CatholicDioceseYearSource
1303,729427,06671.12%Abaetetuba2004ap2005
2318,059342,20792.94%Afogados da Ingazeira2004ap2005
3524,000680,00077.06%Alagoinhas2004ap2005
4140,000178,77878.31%Almenara2004ap2005
598,000169,00057.99%Alto Solimões2004ap2005
6537,000552,04297.28%Amargosa2004ap2005
7294,530351,09583.89%Amparo2004ap2005
8325,648465,21270.00%Anápolis2004ap2005
983,013180,00046.12%Aparecida (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
10398,800465,80085.62%Apucarana2004ap2005
11930,0001,080,39586.08%Aracajú (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
12415,131461,47589.96%Araçatuba2004ap2005
13252,221383,84165.71%Araçuaí (Arassuaí)2004ap2005
14245,000289,19484.72%Assis2004ap2005
15451,000490,26191.99%Bacabal2004ap2005
16312,073390,09280.00%Bagé2004ap2005
17171,000235,57872.59%Balsas2004ap2005
18230,000250,00092.00%Barra (do Rio Grande)2004ap2005
1998,222122,77880.00%Barra do Garças2004ap2005
20556,525742,03475.00%Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda2004ap2005
21270,000316,54185.30%Barreiras2004ap2005
22240,687303,99879.17%Barretos2003ap2004
23422,739469,71090.00%Bauru2004ap2005
241,704,0002,068,83682.37%Belém do Pará (Archdiocese)2005bul:29Dec2004
253,162,5394,216,71975.00%Belo Horizonte (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
26390,264540,24272.24%Blumenau2004ap2005
27280,000350,00080.00%Bom Jesus da Lapa2004ap2005
28143,832161,53289.04%Bom Jesus do Gurguéia2004ap2005
29561,941625,14889.89%Bonfim2004ap2005
30155,000190,00081.58%Borba (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
31369,000435,30884.77%Botucatu (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
32550,627597,24992.19%Bragança do Pará2005ap2005
33750,0001,000,00075.00%Bragança Paulista2004ap2005
341,417,1812,064,55368.64%Brasília (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
35Brazil, Military (Military Ordinariate)2004ap2005
3610,000Brazil, Faithful of the Oriental Rites (Ordinariate)1997ap2002
37410,000448,00091.52%Brejo2004ap2005
38279,906350,91979.76%Caçador2004ap2005
39143,327204,75370.00%Cachoeira do Sul2004ap2005
40367,165611,94360.00%Cachoeiro do Itapemirim2004ap2005
41618,351678,22191.17%Caetité2004ap2005
42250,000263,33694.94%Caicó2004ap2005
43507,278533,90995.01%Cajazeiras2004ap2005
44287,700411,65769.89%Cametá (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
45647,433662,48397.73%Campanha2004ap2005
46720,000830,11886.73%Campina Grande2003ap2004
471,235,2811,698,36072.73%Campinas (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
481,634,6962,169,68875.34%Campo Grande (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
492,600,0002,850,00091.23%Campo Limpo2004ap2005
50297,365321,22092.57%Campo Maior2004ap2005
51292,012356,24481.97%Campo Mourão2004ap2005
52854,000986,00086.61%Campos2004ap2005
53155,400248,36262.57%Caraguatatuba2004ap2005
54539,630637,28084.68%Caratinga2004ap2005
55121,000150,00080.67%Carolina2004ap2005
56610,281724,79484.20%Caruaru2004ap2005
57285,857381,14375.00%Cascavel (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
58405,000688,30658.84%Castanhal2004ap2005
59206,089266,45577.34%Catanduva2004ap2005
60690,000720,00095.83%Caxias do Maranhão2004ap2005
61668,232742,48190.00%Caxias do Sul2004ap2005
62500,000698,42371.59%Chapecó2004ap2005
63166,076195,30685.03%Coari (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
64387,151483,93880.00%Colatina2004ap2005
65156,988198,05579.26%Cornélio Procópio2005ap2005
66383,589479,48780.00%Coroatá2004ap2005
6785,000102,68082.78%Corumbá2004ap2005
6895,000130,00073.08%Coxim2004ap2005
69340,580372,49591.43%Crateús2004ap2005
70750,000920,00081.52%Crato2004ap2005
71402,231484,91682.95%Criciúma2004ap2005
72153,600192,00080.00%Cristalândia (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
73317,000396,25980.00%Cruz Alta2004ap2005
74170,625227,50075.00%Cruzeiro do Sul2004ap2005
75700,000809,63186.46%Cuiabá (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
762,000,0002,771,73172.16%Curitiba (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
77486,864586,58483.00%Diamantina (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
78177,188248,58771.28%Diamantino2004ap2005
79586,474681,74086.03%Divinópolis2004ap2005
80560,000700,00080.00%Dourados2004ap2005
81976,0001,235,62678.99%Duque de Caxias2004ap2005
82168,381213,00579.05%Erexim2004ap2005
83421,152431,12797.69%Estância2004ap2005
84534,485614,48586.98%Eunápolis2004ap2005
851,045,4821,194,88287.50%Feira de Santana (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
86248,690253,06098.27%Floresta2002ap2004
87966,4381,243,80777.70%Florianópolis (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
88227,000290,79278.06%Formosa2003ap2004
892,406,0003,400,65770.75%Fortaleza (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
90363,000405,00089.63%Foz do Iguaçu2004ap2005
91600,000760,00078.95%Franca2004ap2005
92286,494389,74973.51%Frederico Westphalen2004ap2005
93543,367573,33194.77%Garanhuns2003ap2004
941,217,3001,850,00065.80%Goiânia (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
95206,600222,19192.98%Goiás2004ap2005
96350,000500,00070.00%Governador Valadares2004ap2005
97314,500370,00085.00%Grajaú2004ap2005
98135,666203,50066.67%Guajará-Mirim2004ap2005
99245,000269,93190.76%Guanhães2004ap2005
100343,930404,62385.00%Guarabira2004ap2005
101450,578563,22380.00%Guarapuava2004ap2005
102790,0001,220,00064.75%Guarulhos2004ap2005
103572,711818,15970.00%Guaxupé2004ap2005
104100,000150,00066.67%Guiratinga2004ap2005
10565,00095,00068.42%Humaitá2004ap2005
106486,086512,31394.88%Iguatú2004ap2005
107493,179690,43671.43%Ilhéus2004ap2005
108376,000470,00080.00%Imperatriz2004ap2005
109216,252270,31580.00%Ipameri2004ap2005
110295,000470,00062.77%Irecê2004ap2005
111496,798728,91768.16%Itabira-Fabriciano2004ap2005
112600,000650,00092.31%Itabuna2004ap2005
113126,726155,25481.62%Itacoatiara (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
114240,000358,00067.04%Itaguaí2004ap2005
115194,200201,70096.28%Itaituba (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
116546,000635,00085.98%Itapetininga2004ap2005
117240,000391,10961.36%Itapeva2004ap2005
118402,933446,60690.22%Itapipoca2004ap2005
119288,394320,34790.03%Ituiutaba2004ap2005
120221,038283,38378.00%Itumbiara2004ap2005
121320,000435,85473.42%Jaboticabal2004ap2005
122371,504426,57787.09%Jacarezinho2004ap2005
123291,000359,70280.90%Jales2004ap2005
124305,211362,40084.22%Janaúba2004ap2005
125260,000287,15090.55%Januária2004ap2005
126240,000330,00072.73%Jardim2004ap2005
127430,000530,00081.13%Jataí2004ap2005
128500,000580,00086.21%Jequié2004ap2005
129480,000709,93867.61%Ji-Paraná2004ap2005
130242,050295,52281.91%Joaçaba2004ap2005
131608,430936,04665.00%Joinville2004ap2005
132364,765423,70886.09%Juazeiro2004ap2005
133124,380138,20090.00%Juína2004ap2005
134533,000667,00079.91%Juiz de Fora (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
135846,119995,43485.00%Jundiaí2004ap2005
13661,50078,83278.01%Lábrea (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
137290,000338,30185.72%Lages2004ap2005
138396,865529,15475.00%Leopoldina2004ap2005
139632,706949,05966.67%Limeira2004ap2005
140435,699484,11190.00%Limoeiro do Norte2004ap2005
141183,350280,45765.38%Lins2004ap2005
142233,878269,07186.92%Livramento de Nossa Senhora2004ap2005
143658,800900,00073.20%Londrina (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
144198,936263,59075.47%Lorena2004ap2005
145352,800441,00080.00%Luz2004ap2005
146500,000700,00071.43%Luziânia2004ap2005
147279,000339,00082.30%Macapá2004ap2005
148944,1001,452,47665.00%Maceió (Archdiocese)2003ap2004
1491,200,0001,405,83585.36%Manaus (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
150370,000533,00069.42%Marabá2004ap2005
151230,000260,00088.46%Marajó (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
152924,2661,099,13684.09%Mariana (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
153522,000652,85079.96%Marília2004ap2005
154428,157611,65470.00%Maringá (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
155136,701184,73274.00%Miracema do Tocantins2004ap2005
156596,5651,233,89048.35%Mogi das Cruzes2004ap2005
157549,509732,67975.00%Montes Claros (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
158793,000825,00096.12%Mossoró2004ap2005
1591,627,5421,923,66784.61%Natal (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
160768,261904,26184.96%Nazaré2004ap2005
1611,277,5162,094,28861.00%Niterói (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
162468,000Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Maronite) (Eparchy)2004ap2005
163418,000Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Melkite) (Eparchy)2004ap2005
164503,000620,00081.13%Nova Friburgo2004ap2005
1651,023,0001,755,77058.27%Nova Iguaçu2004ap2005
166721,338961,78375.00%Novo Hamburgo2004ap2005
167167,379201,06383.25%Óbidos (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
168279,396285,27497.94%Oeiras-Floriano2004ap2005
1693,371,9753,570,70394.43%Olinda e Recife (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
170285,000300,00095.00%Oliveira2004ap2005
1711,786,4202,160,17582.70%Osasco2004ap2005
172226,547269,18684.16%Osório2004ap2005
173147,305294,61050.00%Ourinhos2004ap2005
174270,913423,58963.96%Palmares2004ap2005
175140,385183,38576.55%Palmas (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
176490,787557,70788.00%Palmas-Francisco Beltrão2004ap2005
177470,000559,67383.98%Palmeira dos Índios2004ap2005
178234,000300,00078.00%Paracatu2004ap2005
1791,030,4161,240,02283.10%Paraíba (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
180263,830386,04168.34%Paranaguá2004ap2005
18153,20062,18085.56%Paranatinga (Territorial Prelature)2002ap2003
182201,510237,07185.00%Paranavaí2004ap2005
183170,000195,60086.91%Parintins2004ap2005
184495,000550,00090.00%Parnaíba2004ap2005
185366,397488,53075.00%Passo Fundo2004ap2005
186337,600365,00092.49%Patos2004ap2005
187393,735529,16274.41%Patos de Minas2004ap2005
188488,698601,21581.29%Paulo Afonso2004ap2005
189315,000543,73257.93%Pelotas2004ap2005
190774,100832,36593.00%Penedo2004ap2005
191370,200410,20090.25%Pesqueira2004ap2005
192585,000650,00090.00%Petrolina2004ap2005
193595,000760,00078.29%Petrópolis2004ap2005
194302,862347,14087.24%Picos2004ap2005
195348,192435,24080.00%Pinheiro2004ap2005
196763,246988,32677.23%Piracicaba2004ap2005
197108,800120,00090.67%Ponta de Pedras2004ap2005
198546,838643,33985.00%Ponta Grossa2004ap2005
1992,475,3983,306,65774.86%Porto Alegre (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
200276,000319,86186.29%Porto Nacional2004ap2005
201598,000664,95889.93%Porto Velho (Archdiocese)2000ap2004
202660,580730,91890.38%Pouso Alegre (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
203470,000511,44591.90%Presidente Prudente2004ap2005
204300,045307,79297.48%Propriá2004ap2005
205254,419282,72489.99%Quixadá2004ap2005
206137,091290,00047.27%Registro2004ap2005
207742,100927,62580.00%Ribeirão Preto (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
208356,658448,06279.60%Rio Branco2004ap2005
209225,408277,54181.22%Rio do Sul2004ap2005
210172,778265,81165.00%Rio Grande2004ap2005
211237,000275,00086.18%Rondonópolis2004ap2005
212200,000324,39761.65%Roraima2004ap2005
21384,835105,55080.37%Rubiataba-Mozarlândia2004ap2005
214358,000421,84084.87%Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa)2004ap2005
215447,502537,00283.33%Santa Cruz do Sul2004ap2005
216382,247488,25878.29%Santa Maria2004ap2005
217203,468415,24249.00%Santarém2004ap2005
218200,000270,00074.07%Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia2004ap2005
2191,900,0002,800,00067.86%Santo Amaro2004ap2005
2202,102,1002,354,72289.27%Santo André2004ap2005
221389,000508,00076.57%Santo Ângelo2004ap2005
2221,310,5511,530,87485.61%Santos2004ap2005
223723,371951,08676.06%São Carlos2004ap2005
224129,000150,00086.00%São Félix (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
22556,00062,00090.32%São Gabriel da Cachoeira2004ap2005
226161,500São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian) (Eparchy)2004ap2005
227465,545581,93280.00%São João da Boa Vista2004ap2005
228468,000520,00090.00%São João del Rei2004ap2005
22928,325São João Maria Vianney (Apostolic Administration)2004ap2005
230637,844850,45875.00%São José do Rio Preto2004ap2005
231699,780900,00077.75%São José dos Campos2004ap2005
232207,283294,00870.50%São Luís de Montes Belos2004ap2005
233887,0001,195,00074.23%São Luís do Maranhão (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
234318,000400,00079.50%São Luíz de Cáceres2004ap2005
235304,426428,33971.07%São Mateus2004ap2005
2362,198,2842,648,53483.00%São Miguel Paulista2004ap2005
2375,935,8077,075,54783.89%São Paulo (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
238156,219176,57688.47%São Raimundo Nonato2004ap2005
2392,495,4393,544,65870.40%São Salvador da Bahia (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
2403,556,0955,857,89560.71%São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
241467,742505,78792.48%Serrinha2005bul21Sep05
242316,570402,77078.60%Sete Lagoas2004ap2005
243473,000530,00089.25%Sinop2004ap2005
244731,554863,71384.70%Sobral2004ap2005
245654,789935,41470.00%Sorocaba (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
246494,000595,21982.99%Taubaté2004ap2005
247161,640215,52175.00%Tefé (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
248292,000364,72080.06%Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas2004ap2005
249362,135492,03173.60%Teófilo Otoni2004ap2005
250958,1971,052,56491.03%Teresina (Archdiocese)2003ap2004
251378,485411,39792.00%Tianguá2004ap2005
252315,000404,60077.85%Tocantinópolis2004ap2005
253305,496344,41588.70%Toledo2004ap2005
254161,039214,71875.00%Três Lagoas2004ap2005
255281,261324,59186.65%Tubarão2004ap2005
256444,081693,18564.06%Uberaba (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
257598,000810,00073.83%Uberlândia2004ap2005
258296,014364,53681.20%Umuarama2004ap2005
259243,000283,00085.87%União da Vitória2004ap2005
260298,000350,00085.14%Uruaçu (Uruassu)2004ap2005
261323,062434,88774.29%Uruguaiana2004ap2005
262181,300199,50090.88%Vacaria2004ap2005
263247,550330,35874.93%Valença2004ap2005
264460,000550,00083.64%Viana2004ap2005
2651,868,7222,983,15062.64%Vitória (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
266542,249724,61974.83%Vitória da Conquista (Archdiocese)2004ap2005
267320,000397,50080.50%Xingu (Territorial Prelature)2004ap2005
268260,000284,93291.25%Zé-Doca2004ap2005

Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese. Dioceses with incomplete data may not appear in the table.

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Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2005; code: v2.3.4, 17 Nov 05; data: 20 Nov 05