Diocese of Patos
| Diocese of Patos | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Paraíba |
| Diocesan bishop | Eraldo Bispo da Silva |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 10,874 km² |
| Parishes | 34 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 408,900 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 374,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 91.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,389 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 23 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 16 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Guia |
| address | CP 59 Rua Peregrino Filho 76 58700-450 Patos, PB Brazil |
| Website | http://www.diocesedepatospb.org.br/ |
The diocese Patos ( lat. : Dioecesis Patosensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Patos in the state of Paraíba .
history
The diocese of Patos was on January 17, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. Erected from the cession of the diocese of Cajazeiras and the diocese of Campina Grande . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Paraíba as a suffragan .
Bishops of Patos
- Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira , 1959-1983
- Gerardo de Andrade Ponte , 1983-2001
- Manoel dos Reis de Farias , 2001–2011, then Bishop of Petrolina
- Eraldo Bispo da Silva , since 2012