Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte
Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte Dioecesis Limoëirensis Diocese de Limoeiro do Norte | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Fortaleza |
| Metropolitan | Fortaleza |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,316 km2 (7,072 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2004) 484,111 435,699 (90.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 7 May 1938 (83 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Limoeiro do Norte |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | , S.C.I. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques |
| Bishops emeritus | , O.F.M. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte (Latin: Dioecesis Limoëirensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, both in Ceará state, northeast Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, dedicated to Immaculate Conception, in the city of Limoeiro do Norte.
History[]
- Established on 7 May 1938 as Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte by Pius XI's papal bulla Ad dominicum cuiusvis, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
Statistics[]
As per 2014, it pastorally served 489,000 Catholics (90.4% of 541,000 total) on 18,440 km² in 25 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (28 diocesan, 13 religious), 73 lay religious (18 brothers, 55 sisters) and 9 seminarians.
Bishops[]
(all Roman rite)
Episcopal ordinaries[]
- Suffragan Bishops of Limoeiro do Norte
- (1940.01.30 – death 1967.08.19), no previous prelature
- José Freire Falcão (1967.08.19 – 1971.11.25), succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19) as Coadjutor Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (1971.11.25 – 1984.02.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1984.02.15 – 2004.01.28), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1987 – 1991), created Cardinal-Priest of (1988.06.28 – ...)
- Pompeu Bezerra Bessa (1973.01.25 – death 1994.05.18), died 2000
- (1994.05.18 – retired 1998.05.06), previously Titular Bishop of (1966.08.08 – 1994.05.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1966.08.08 – 1974.07.03) and as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1974.07.03 – 1994.05.18), also Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Limoeiro do Norte (1992 – 1994.05.18)
- José Haring, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (2000.01.19 – retired 2017.05.10)
- , Dehonians (S.C.I.) (2017.05.10 – ...).
Coadjutor bishop[]
- José Freire Falcão (1967); future Cardinal
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]
- , appointed Bishop of Iguatú, Ceara in 1961
See also[]
Sources and external links[]
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