Diocese of Salgueiro
Salicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Salgueiro, Brazil
Latin Church diocese in the sertão of Pernambuco, with its see in Salgueiro, established in 2010 from the Dioceses of Floresta and Petrolina. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 June 2010
- Latin
- Salicen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001002850
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 351,534
- Population
- 439,418
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 9,251
- Extent
- 17,931 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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 Vicente Pinto de Alencar da Silva
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 de Santo Antônio stands in Salgueiro, 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 PesqueiraPesqueira
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Salgueiro, this Brazilian diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife.
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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.