Diocese of Guarabira
| Diocese of Guarabira | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Paraíba |
| Diocesan bishop | Aldemiro Sena dos Santos |
| founding | 1980 |
| surface | 4,391 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 466,800 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 412,800 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,938 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 10 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 61 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz |
| Website | http://diocesedeguarabira.blogspot.com.br/ |
The Diocese of Guarabira ( Latin Dioecesis Guarabirensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Guarabira in the state of Paraíba .
history
The diocese of Guarabira was established on October 11, 1980 by Pope John Paul II from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Paraíba and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Guarabira
- Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira OSB , 1981–1995, then Archbishop of Paraíba
- Antônio Muniz Fernandes OCarm , 1998–2006, then Archbishop of Maceió
- Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena , 2008–2016, then Bishop of Nazaré
- Aldemiro Sena dos Santos , since 2017