Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande (Latin: Dioecesis Campinae Grandis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Paraíba, in northeastern Brazil.

Diocese of Campina Grande

Dioecesis Campinae Grandis
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição in 2017
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceParaíba
Statistics
Area20,451 km2 (7,896 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2003)
830,118
720,000 (86.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 May 1949 (75 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDulcênio Fontes de Matos
Metropolitan ArchbishopManoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M.Cap.
Website
www.diocesedecampinagrande.org

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the city of Campina Grande.

It is vacant.

History

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Established on May 14, 1949, as the Diocese of Campina Grande, on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Paraíba, its Metropolitan since. It lost territory on January 17, 1959, to establish the Diocese of Patos.

Statistics

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As of 2014, it pastorally serves 807,000 Catholics (87.0% of 928,000 total) in 20,051 km2 (7,742 sq mi) in 52 parishes with 92 priests (69 diocesan, 23 religious), 1 deacon, 131 lay religious (67 brothers, 64 sisters) and 25 seminarians.

Bishops

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(all Latin Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Campina Grande

Coadjutor bishop

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

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See also

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References

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