Diocese of Penedo
| Diocese of Penedo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maceió |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1916 |
| surface | 8,095 km² |
| Parishes | 37 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 1,011,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 942,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 93.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 52 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,966 |
| Friars | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 42 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosario |
| address | CP 93 Rua Siqueira Campos 187 57200-000 Penedo, AL Brazil |
| Website | http://www.diocesedepenedo-al.org.br/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Penedo ( lat. : Dioecesis Penedensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Penedo in the state of Alagoas .
history
The diocese of Penedo was on April 3, 1916 by Pope Benedict XV. established with the papal bull Catholicae Ecclesiae cura from cessions of territory of the diocese of Alagoas and subordinated to the archbishopric of Olinda as a suffragan diocese. On February 13, 1920, the Diocese of Penedo was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Maceió as a suffragan. The diocese of Penedo gave up on February 10, 1962 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Palmeira dos Índios .
Bishops of Penedo
- Jonas de Araújo Batinga , 1918-1940
- Fernando Gomes dos Santos , 1943–1949, then Bishop of Aracaju
- Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos OFM , 1949–1957, then coadjutor archbishop of Florianópolis
- José Terceiro de Sousa , 1957-1976
- Konstantin Josef Lüers OFM, 1976–1994
-
Valério Breda SDS , 1997-2020
- Sedis vacancy since June 16, 2020