Diocese of Palmeira dos Indios
| Diocese of Palmeira dos Indios | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maceió |
| Diocesan bishop | Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 10,795 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 583,671 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 512,599 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 87.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,143 |
| Religious sisters | 37 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Amparo |
| address | CP 7 Praça Mons. Macedo 190 57600-970 Palmeira dos Índios, AL Brazil |
| Website | http://www.diocesedecampos.org.br/ |
The diocese Palmeira dos Índios ( lat. : Dioecesis Palmiriensis Indorum ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Palmeira dos Índios in the state of Alagoas .
history
The diocese Palmeira dos Indios was on February 10, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Erected from territory ceded by the Archdiocese of Maceió and the Diocese of Penedo . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Maceió as a suffragan .
Bishops of Palmeira dos Índios
- Otávio Barbosa Aguiar , 1962–1978
- Epaminondas José de Araújo , 1978-1984
- Fernando Iório Rodrigues , 1985-2006
- Dulcênio Fontes de Matos , 2006–2017, then Bishop of Campina Grande
- Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho since 2018