Quixadá diocese
| Quixadá diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Fortaleza |
| Diocesan bishop | Ângelo Pignoli |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Adélio Giuseppe Tomasin PSDP |
| Vicar General | Acúrcio de Oliveira Barros |
| founding | 1971 |
| surface | 13,874 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 339,972 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 303.320 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 89.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,894 |
| Friars | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 53 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Jesus, Maria, José |
| Website | http://www.diocesequixada.org/net/ |
The diocese Quixadá ( lat. : Dioecesis Quixadensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Quixadá in the state of Ceará . Its area includes the municipalities of Banabuiú , Boa Viagem , Capistrano , Choró , Ibaretama , Itapiúna , Itatira , Madalena , Quixadá and Quixeramobim .
history
The diocese of Quixadá was on March 13, 1971 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Qui summopere from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Quixadá
- Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo , 1971–1986, then Bishop of Parnaíba
- Adélio Giuseppe Tomasin PSDP , 1988-2007
- Ângelo Pignoli , since 2007
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Qui summopere , AAS 63 (1971), n.11, p. 803ff.