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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral

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Metropolitan
  
Fortaleza

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+55 88 3654-1172

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
18,920 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 917,000 777,000 (84.7%)

Established
  
10 November 1915 (101 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição

Address
  
R. Pedro Aragão Ximenes, Mucambo - CE, 62170-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fortaleza

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral (Latin: Dioecesis Sobralensis) is a diocese located in the city of Sobral in the Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil.

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History

  • November 10, 1915: Established as Diocese of Sobral from the Diocese of Ceará

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Sobral (Roman rite)
  • José Tupinambá da Frota (1916.01.24 – 1923.04.06)
  • João José da Mota e Albuquerque (later Archbishop) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)
  • Walfrido Teixeira Vieira (1965.01.06 – 1998.03.18)
  • Aldo de Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. (later Archbishop) (1998.03.18 – 2004.05.05)
  • Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. (2005.05.18 – 2009.07.01)
  • Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I. (2010.10.11 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral Wikipedia
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