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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 503 km²
Population: 1,187,000 Catholics (79.1% of 1,500,000 total) (2018)
Statistics: 22 parishes, 48 priests (24 diocesan, 24 religious), 26 deacons, 81 lay religious (33 brothers, 48 sisters), 10 seminarians (2018)
Ecclesiastical Province: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Neighbouring Dioceses: Nova Iguaçu (←), Petrópolis (↗), São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Pilar (October 12)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2021.02.12
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