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Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro

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Metropolitan
  
Feira de Santana

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
56,249 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)433,000373,000 (86.1%)

Established
  
22 July 1962 (54 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of Grotas in Juazeiro

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Feira de Santana

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro (Latin: Dioecesis Iuazeiriensis) is a diocese located in the city of Juazeiro in the Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil.

Contents

History

  • July 22, 1962: Established as Diocese of Juazeiro from the Diocese of Barra and Diocese of Bonfim

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Juazeiro (Roman rite)
  • Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A. (2003.06.04 – present)
  • Bishop José Rodrigues de Souza, C.Ss.R. (1974.12.12 – 2003.06.04)
  • Bishop Tomás Guilherme Murphy, C.Ss.R. (1962.10.16 – 1973.12.29)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro Wikipedia
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