Diocese of Pesqueira
Pesqueiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pesqueira, Brazil
Originally erected as the Diocese of Floresta in 1910, it was renamed the Diocese of Pesqueira in 1918. Located in Pernambuco, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and is led by Bishop Jose Luiz Ferreira Salles, a Redemptorist.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1910
- Latin
- Pesqueiren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Agatha
- Annuario code
- 001002586
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 401,000
- Population
- 410,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 97.8%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 9,114
- Extent
- 10,065 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 40
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 Luiz Ferreira Salles
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 Santa Agueda stands in Pesqueira, 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 CaruaruCaruaru
- Diocese of FlorestaFloresta
- Diocese of GaranhunsGaranhuns
- Diocese of NazaréNazaré
- Archdiocese of Olinda e RecifeOlinda e Recife
- Diocese of PalmaresPalmares
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
- Diocese of SalgueiroSalgueiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Pesqueirensis) is centered on the city of Pesqueira.
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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.