The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira ( la, Dioecesis Pesqueirensis) is a
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of
Pesqueira in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Olinda e Recife in Brazil.
History
* December 5, 1910: Established as Diocese of
Floresta from the Diocese of Olinda
* August 2, 1918: Renamed as Diocese of Pesqueira
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
*
Bishop
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s of Pesqueira (Roman rite), below
** Bishop
José Luiz Ferreira Salles,
C.Ss.R.
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(since 2012.02.15)
** Bishop
Francesco Biasin (2003.07.23 – 2011.06.08), appointed Bishop of
Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda)
** Bishop
Bernardino Marchió
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(1993.05.26 – 2002.11.06), appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco
** Bishop
Manuel Palmeira da Rocha
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(1980.03.14 – 1993.05.26)
** Bishop
Severino Mariano de Aguiar
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(1956.12.03 – 1980.03.14)
** Bishop
Adelmo Cavalcante Machado Adelmo is a masculine Spanish and Italian
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(1948.04.03 – 1955.06.24), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
** Bishop
Adalberto Accioli Sobral
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(1934.01.13 – 1947.01.18), appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
** Bishop
José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes
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(1918.08.02 – 1932.11.24)
* Bishops of Floresta (Roman Rite), below
** Bishop
José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes
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(1915.06.26 – 1918.08.02)
** Bishop
Augusto Álvaro da Silva
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(1911.05.12 – 1915.06.25), appointed Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia; future Archbishop and
Cardinal
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Coadjutor bishop
*
Bernardino Marchió
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Given name
*Bernardino Baldi (1533–1617), Italian mathematician and writer
*Bernardino Bertolotti (born 1547), Italian composer and instrumentalist
* Bernard ...
(1991-1993)
See also
*
Cimbres Marian apparition
Cimbres Marian apparition is a series of visions of the Virgin Mary that occurred in 1936 and 1937 in Northeastern Brazil, in the Pernambuco state municipality of Pesqueira, district of Cimbres.
Context
According to what is believed, the Virg ...
, which happened in the diocese in 1936 and 1937.
References
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1910
Pesqueira, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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