The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salgueiro is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...

located in the city of

Salgueiro Salgueiro is a city in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located in the mesoregion of ''Sertão Pernambucano'' . Salgueiro covers an area of 1687 square kilometers and had in 2020 an estimated population of 61,249 inhabitants. It is the see city of the R ...

in the

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of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.

History

* 16 June 2010: Established as Diocese of Salgueiro from the

Diocese of Floresta The Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta ( la, Dioecesis Florestensis) is a diocese located in the city of Floresta in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil. History * February 15, 1964: Established as Diocese of Floresta from ...

and

Diocese of Petrolina The Diocese of Petrolina ( la, Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Souther Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ol ...

Leadership

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s of Salgueiro (Roman rite) ** Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (16 June 2010 – present)

References

GCatholic.org
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