Diocese of Iguatu
Diocese of Iguatu | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fortaleza |
Diocesan bishop | Edson de Castro Homem |
founding | 1961 |
surface | 21,904 km² |
Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 572,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 558,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 97.7% |
Diocesan priest | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 14,703 |
Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Senhora Sant'Ana |
Website | http://www.diocesedeiguatu.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Iguatu ( Latin Dioecesis Iguatuvina , Portuguese Diocese de Iguatu ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Iguatu in the state of Ceará .
history
Pope John XXIII founded it on January 28, 1961 with the Apostolic Constitution In apostolicis from cession of territory of the Diocese of Crato and the Archdiocese of Fortaleza , to which it was also subordinated as a Suffragan Diocese .
On September 28, 1963 it gave up part of its territory to the establishment of the diocese of Crateús .
Bishops of Iguatu
- José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago , October 13, 1961 - July 26, 2000
- José Doth de Oliveira , July 26, 2000 - January 7, 2009
- João José da Costa OCarm , January 7, 2009 - November 5, 2014, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Aracaju
- Edson de Castro Homem , since May 6, 2015
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Iguatu on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Iguatu on gcatholic.org (English)