Diocese of Cajazeiras
Caiazeirasen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cajazeiras, Brazil
The Diocese of Cajazeiras is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paraíba. It has been led by Bishop Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R., who was appointed in April 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 February 1914
- Latin
- Caiazeirasen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
- Annuario code
- 001001012
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 528,000
- Population
- 533,909
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.9%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 6,857
- Extent
- 13,934 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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
- Dom Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R.
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 Nossa Senhora da Piedade stands in Cajazeiras, 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 Paraíba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paraíba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Campina GrandeCampina Grande
- Diocese of GuarabiraGuarabira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Cajazeiras, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Paraíba, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese that bears the Latin name Dioecesis Caiazeirasensis.
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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.