Diocese of Propriá
Proprien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Propriá, Brazil
The Diocese of Propria is a Latin Church see in Sergipe, Brazil, erected in 1960 from the Diocese of Aracaju and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Aracaju. Bishop George Luis Amaral Muniz was appointed its fifth bishop in October 2025 by Pope Leo XIV.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1960
- Latin
- Proprien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002670
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 315,000
- Population
- 365,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.3%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 7,683
- Extent
- 8,198 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
- George Luís Amaral Muniz
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 Santo Antônio stands in Propriá, 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 Aracaju
A suffragan of Aracaju.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AracajuAracaju
- Diocese of EstânciaEstância
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Sergipe state in northeastern Brazil, this Latin Rite diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Propriensis) is suffragan to the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Aracaju. Its episcopal see, the Catedral Santo Antônio, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, stands in the city of Propriá, likewise in Sergipe.
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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.