Diocese of Caruaru
| Diocese of Caruaru | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife |
| Diocesan bishop | José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes OFMCap |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Bernardino Marchió |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 5,852 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 928,427 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 785,743 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 84.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,388 |
| Permanent deacons | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores |
| Website | http://www.diocesedecaruaru.com.br/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caruaru ( Latin Dioecesis Caruaruensis , Portuguese Diocese de Caruaru ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Caruaru in the state of Pernambuco .
history
The diocese Caruaru was on August 7, 1948 by Pope Pius XII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Quae maiori Christifidelium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
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Bishops of Caruaru
- Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório , 1949–1959, then Bishop of Parnaíba
- Augusto Carvalho , 1959-1993
- Antonio Soares Costa , 1993-2002
- Bernardino Marchió , 2002–2019
- José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes OFMCap , since 2019