Diocese of Mossoró
Diocese of Mossoró | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Natal |
Diocesan bishop | Mariano Manzana |
Vicar General | Flávio Augusto Forte Melo |
founding | 1934 |
surface | 18,847 km² |
Parishes | 32 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 924,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 889,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 96.2% |
Diocesan priest | 44 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 12 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 15,875 |
Friars | 14 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 65 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Santa Luzia |
Website | http://diocesedemossoro.blogspot.com/ |
The diocese Mossoró ( lat. : Dioecesis Mossorensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Mossoró in the state of Rio Grande do Norte .
history
The diocese of Mossoró was on July 28, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. Erected from territory ceded by the Diocese of Natal and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Paraíba as a suffragan . On February 16, 1952, the Mossoró diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Natal as a suffragan.
Bishops of Mossoró
- Jaime de Barros Câmara , 1935–1941, then Archbishop of Belém do Pará
- João Batista Portocarrero Costa , 1943–1953, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife
- Elizeu Simões Mendes , 1953–1959, then Bishop of Campo Mourão
- Gentil Diniz Barreto , 1960-1984
- José Freire de Oliveira Neto , 1984-2004
- Mariano Manzana , since 2004
See also
Web links
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