Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Juazeiro Dioecesis Iuazeiriensis Diocese de Juazeiro | |
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![]() Catedral Nossa Senhora das Grotas | |
Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Feira de Santana |
Metropolitan | Feira de Santana |
Statistics | |
Area | 56,249 km2 (21,718 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 433,000 373,000 (86.1%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 22 July 1962 (62 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Grotas in Juazeiro |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Zanoni Demettino Castro |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro (Latin: Dioecesis Iuazeiriensis) is a diocese located in the city of Juazeiro in the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil.
History
- July 22, 1962: Established as Diocese of Juazeiro from the Diocese of Barra and Diocese of Bonfim
Bishops
- Bishops of Juazeiro (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos (2024.07.11 - Present
- Bishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (2016.09.07 - 2023.11.09)
- Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. (2003.06.04 – 2016.09.07)
- Bishop José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. (1974.12.12 – 2003.06.04)
- Bishop Tomás Guilherme Murphy, C.Ss.R. (1962.10.16 – 1973.12.29)
Coadjutor bishop
- Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (2016)
References
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website (Portuguese)
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