Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte
Limoëiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limoeiro do Norte, Brazil
The Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte is a Latin rite diocese in Ceará state, Brazil, erected in 1938 from the Archdiocese of Fortaleza and suffragan to it. The current bishop is André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I., and the cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 May 1938
- Latin
- Limoëiren(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception (Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
- Annuario code
- 001002006
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 489,000
- Population
- 484,111
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 12,225
- Extent
- 18,316 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I.
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 Conceição stands in Limoeiro do Norte, 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 Fortaleza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Fortaleza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BaturitéBaturité
- Diocese of CrateúsCrateús
- Diocese of CratoCrato
- Archdiocese of FortalezaFortaleza
- Diocese of IguatuIguatu
- Diocese of ItapipocaItapipoca
- Diocese of QuixadáQuixadá
- Diocese of SobralSobral
- Diocese of TianguáTianguá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Ceará state, in northeast Brazil, the Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte (Latin: Dioecesis Limoëirensis) serves as a Latin Rite suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, likewise in Ceará. Its episcopal seat is the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao in the city of Limoeiro do Norte, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Cúria Diocesana, Rua Professor Ricard 650/A, 62930-000 Limoeiro do Norte, CE, Brasil
- Telephone
- [088]99790-8667
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.