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The Diocese of Petrolina ( la, Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a
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Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. Its
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Petrolina Petrolina is a municipality located in the southernmost point of the state of Pernambuco, in Northeast Brazil, in the valley of the São Francisco River. The population was 354,317 in 2020, and the total area is  km², making it the largest m ...
in the state of
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.


History

* Established on 30 November 1923 as Diocese of Petrolina, on territory split off from the
Diocese of Pesqueira The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira ( la, Dioecesis Pesqueirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Pesqueira in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil. History * December 5, 1910: Established as Diocese of Floresta f ...
(now in the same province) * Lost territories on 1964.02.15, to establish the
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, and on 2010.06.16 to establish the
Diocese of Salgueiro The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salgueiro is a diocese located in the city of Salgueiro in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil. History * 16 June 2010: Established as Diocese of Salgueiro from the Diocese of Floresta and Dioc ...
(both in the same province).


Statistics

, it pastorally served 350,500 Catholics (83.0% of 422,100 total population) on 16,260 km² in 23 parishes and 2 missions with 25 priests (22 diocesan, 3 religious), 28 lay religious (3 brothers, 25 sisters) and 18 seminarians.


Episcopal Ordinaries

;''Bishops of Petrolina'' *
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(S.D.B.) (born Italy, the only foreign incumbent) (1924.01.03 – death 1931.10.28); previously
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(1914.05.25 – 1924.01.03) as
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(Brazil) (1914.05.25 – 1924.01.03) * Idílio José Soares (1932.09.16 – 1943.06.12): next Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1943.06.12 – 1966.11.21), retired as Titular Bishop of
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(1966.11.21 – death 1969.12.10) *
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(1946.06.13 – 1955.11.05); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
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(Brazil) (1955.11.05 – 1971.03.25), Vice-President of
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(1965 – 1966), President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1966 – 1972), Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1971 – 1974), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1971.03.25 – death 1986.12.19),
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(1973.03.05 – 1986.12.19) * Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. (1956.12.18 – retired 1975.02.06), died 1988; previously Titular Bishop of
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(1950.06.15 – 1956.12.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cuiaba (Brazil) (1950.06.15 – 1956.12.18) * Gerardo de Andrade Ponte (1975.02.06 – 1983.12.05): next Bishop of
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(Brazil) (1983.12.05 – retired 2001.08.08), died 2006 * Paulo Cardoso da Silva,
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(1984.11.30 – retired 2011.07.27) * Manoel dos Reis de Farias (2011.07.27 - retired 2017.07.12), previously Bishop of
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(2001.08.08 – 2011.07.27) * Francisco Canindé Palhano (2018.01.03 – ...), previously Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (2006.07.26 – 2018.01.03).


See also

*
List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil This list of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of Brazil which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which e ...
*
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Petrolina The Sacred Heart Cathedral ( pt, Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei) or Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Christ the King, also Petrolina Cathedral, is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in the ...


Sources and references


GCatholic.org
with Google map; data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Olinda e Recife
Petrolina Petrolina is a municipality located in the southernmost point of the state of Pernambuco, in Northeast Brazil, in the valley of the São Francisco River. The population was 354,317 in 2020, and the total area is  km², making it the largest m ...
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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