Diocese of Caruaru
Caruaruen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caruaru, Brazil
The Diocese of Caruaru is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Pernambuco state, northeastern Brazil, established in 1948 from the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. Its cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 August 1948
- Latin
- Caruaruen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Annuario code
- 001001068
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 610,281
- Population
- 724,794
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.2%
- Priests
- 90
- Catholics per priest
- 6,781
- Extent
- 5,687 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 107
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
- José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.
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 das Dores stands in Caruaru, 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:
- Diocese of Afogados da IngazeiraAfogados da Ingazeira
- Diocese of FlorestaFloresta
- Diocese of GaranhunsGaranhuns
- Diocese of NazaréNazaré
- Archdiocese of Olinda e RecifeOlinda e Recife
- Diocese of PalmaresPalmares
- Diocese of PesqueiraPesqueira
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
- Diocese of SalgueiroSalgueiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil, the Diocese of Caruaru (Latin: Dioecesis Caruaruensis) was carved from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife when it was established on August 7, 1948.
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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.