Roman Catholic Diocese of Petrolina

Diocese of Petrolina

Dioecesis Petrolinensis
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ the King
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceOlinda e Recife
Statistics
Area31,065 km2 (11,994 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
650,000
585,000 (90.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 November 1923 (100 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco Canindé Palhano
Metropolitan ArchbishopFernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.
Bishops emeritusPaulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.
Manoel dos Reis de Farias
Map
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.

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

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Statistics

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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

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Bishops of Petrolina

See also

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