Diocese of Pesqueira
| Diocese of Pesqueira | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife |
| Diocesan bishop | José Luiz Ferreira Salles CSsR |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 10,065 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 471,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 423,400 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 89.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,585 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santa Águeda |
| Website | http://www.diocesedepesqueira.org |
The Diocese of Pesqueira ( Latin Dioecesis Pesqueirensis , Portuguese Diocese de Pesqueira ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Pesqueira in the state of Pernambuco . It covers part of the state.
history
Pope Pius X. founded the diocese of Floresta on December 5, 1910 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Olinda , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese. On August 2, 1918, the bishopric was moved from Floresta to Pesqueira and the diocese took its current name.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- November 30, 1923 to the diocese of Petrolina ;
- July 2, 1956 to the diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira ;
- February 15, 1964 to the diocese of Floresta .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Floresta
- Augusto Álvaro da Silva (May 12, 1911 - June 25, 1915, then Bishop of Barra do Rio Grande )
- José António de Oliveira Lopes (June 26, 1915 - August 2, 1918)
Bishops of Pesqueira
- José António de Oliveira Lopes (August 2, 1918 - November 24, 1932)
- Adalberto Accioli Sobral (January 13, 1934 - January 18, 1947, then Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão )
- Adelmo Cavalcante Machado (April 3, 1948 - June 24, 1955, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió )
- Severino Mariano de Aguiar (December 3, 1956 - March 14, 1980)
- Manuel Palmeira da Rocha (March 14, 1980 - May 26, 1993)
- Bernardino Marchió (May 26, 1993 - November 6, 2002, then Bishop of Caruaru )
- Francisco Biasin (July 23, 2003 - June 8, 2011)
- José Luiz Ferreira Salles CSsR , since February 15, 2012
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Pesqueira on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Pesqueira on gcatholic.org (English)