The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte ( la, Dioecesis Limoëirensis) is a
Latin rite suffragan diocese
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in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Fortaleza
Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...
, both in
Ceará
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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
The Archdiocese of Fortaleza ( la, Archidioecesis Fortalexiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil.
History
On June 6, 1854, it was established by Pope Pius IX, as the Diocese of Ceará from the Diocese of Olinda. For ...
.
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
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)
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Suffragan Bishops of Limoeiro do Norte''
*
Aureliano de Matos (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
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According to the 1998 census it h ...
(1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19) as
Coadjutor Bishop
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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
S. Luca a Via Prenestina
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S may also refer to:
History
* an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer (historian), Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics
* Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s ...
(1988.06.28 – ...)
* Pompeu Bezerra Bessa (1973.01.25 – death 1994.05.18), died 2000
*
Manuel Edmilson da Cruz
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(1994.05.18 – retired 1998.05.06), previously
Titular Bishop of
Vicus Cæsaris (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
The Archdiocese of Fortaleza ( la, Archidioecesis Fortalexiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil.
History
On June 6, 1854, it was established by Pope Pius IX, as the Diocese of Ceará from the Diocese of Olinda. For ...
(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)
*
André Vital Félix da Silva,
Dehonians (S.C.I.) (2017.05.10 – ...).
Coadjutor bishop
*
José Freire Falcão (1967); future Cardinal
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago, appointed Bishop of Iguatú, Ceara in 1961
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Fortaleza
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Religious organizations established in 1938
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1938 establishments in Brazil
Events
January
* January 1
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