Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira
| Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife |
| Diocesan bishop | Egidio Bisol |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 10,955 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 383,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 358,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 93.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,421 |
| Permanent deacons | 6 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 3 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Senhor Bom Jesus dos Remédios |
| Website | http://diocesedeafogados.blogspot.com/ |
The Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira (Latin Dioecesis Afogadensis de Ingazeira , Portuguese Diocese de Afogados de Ingazeira ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Afogados da Ingazeira in the state of Pernambuco .
history
The diocese Afogados da Ingazeira was on July 2, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui volente Deo from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Pesqueira and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife as a suffragan .
Bishops of Afogados da Ingazeira
- João José da Mota e Albuquerque , 1957–1961, then Bishop of Sobral
- Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho , 1961-2001
- Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu OFMCap , 2001–2008, then Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista
- Egidio Bisol , since 2009