Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios Dioecesis Palmiriensis Indorum | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Maceió |
Statistics | |
Area | 11,027 km2 (4,258 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 559,673 470,000 (84.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 10 February 1962 (62 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Amparo |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios (Latin: Dioecesis Palmiriensis Indorum) is a diocese located in the city of Palmeira dos Índios in the ecclesiastical province of Maceió in Brazil.
History
- February 10, 1962: Established as Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maceió and Diocese of Penedo
Bishops
- Bishops of Palmeira dos Índios (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho (2018.12.19 - present)
- Bishop Dulcênio Fontes de Matos (2006.07.12 – 2017.10.11), appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
- Bishop Fernando Iório Rodrigues (1985.03.01 – 2006.07.12)
- Bishop Epaminondas José de Araújo (1978.06.05 – 1984.11.28)
- Bishop Otávio Barbosa Aguiar (1962.07.04 – 1978.03.29)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Hélio Pereira dos Santos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 2016
References
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