Limoeiro do Norte diocese
| Limoeiro do Norte diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fortaleza |
| Diocesan bishop | André Vital Félix da Silva SCI |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Manuel Edmilson da Cruz Josef Haring OFM |
| Vicar General | José Peixoto Alves |
| founding | 1938 |
| surface | 18,440 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 550,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 441,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,040 |
| Friars | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao |
| Website | www.diocesedelimoeiro.org |
The diocese of Limoeiro do Norte ( Latin Dioecesis Limoëirensis , Portuguese Diocese de Limoeiro do Norte ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Limoeiro do Norte in the state of Ceará .
history
The diocese Limoeiro do Norte was on May 7, 1938 by Pope Pius XI. built from cession of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Limoeiro do Norte
- Aureliano de Matos , 1940-1967
- José Freire Falcão , 1967–1971, then Archbishop of Teresina
- Pompeu Bezerra Bessa , 1973–1994
- Manuel Edmilson da Cruz , 1994-1998
- Josef Haring OFM , 2000–2017
- André Vital Félix da Silva SCI , since 2017
See also
Web links
- Website of the diocese (Portuguese)
- Entry on the Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)