Roman Catholic Diocese of Petrolina

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Diocese of Petrolina

Dioecesis Petrolinensis
Igreja Catedral de Petrolina.jpg
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ the King
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Olinda e Recife
Statistics
Area31,065 km2 (11,994 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
650,000
585,000 (90.0%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established30 November 1923 (100 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Francisco Canindé Palhano
Metropolitan Archbishop Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.
Bishops emeritusPaulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.
Manoel dos Reis de Farias
Map
Diocesis Catolicas de Pernambuco (Brasil).jpg
Website
www.diocesedepetrolina.org.br

The Diocese of Petrolina (Latin : Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.

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Its cathedra is in Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ the King, in the episcopal see of Petrolina in the state of Pernambuco.

History

Statistics

As of 2015, 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.[ citation needed ]

Episcopal Ordinaries

Bishops of Petrolina

See also

Sources and references


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