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Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira

Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Afogados da Ingazeira, Brazil

The Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. It was established on July 2, 1956, from the Diocese of Pesqueira, and has been led by Bishop Limacêdo Antônio da Silva since 2023.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
2 July 1956
Latin
Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira
Patron
Saint Mary Magdalene
Annuario code
001000603

The see in figures

Catholics
381,000
Population
342,207
Priests
34
Catholics per priest
11,206
Extent
11,034 km²
Catholics per km²
35

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
Limacêdo Antônio da Silva
Born
20 September 1960
Birthplace
Nazaré

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Senhor Bom Jesus dos Remédios stands in Afogados da Ingazeira, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Olinda e Recife

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife, the Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira (Latin: Dioecesis Afogadensis de Ingazeira) is seated in the city of the same name.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.