Diocese of Petrolina Dioecesis Petrolinensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Olinda e Recife |
Statistics | |
Area | 31,065 km2 (11,994 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 650,000 585,000 (90.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 November 1923 (100 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francisco Canindé Palhano |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. |
Bishops emeritus | Paulo Cardoso da Silva,
O. Carm. Manoel dos Reis de Farias |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesedepetrolina.org.br |
The Diocese of Petrolina ( Latin: Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
Its cathedra is in Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ the King, in the episcopal see of Petrolina in the state of Pernambuco.
As of 2015 [update], it pastorally served 350,500 Catholics (83.0% of 422,100 total population) on 16,260 km2 in 23 parishes and 2 missions with 25 priests (22 diocesan, 3 religious), 28 lay religious (3 brothers, 25 sisters) and 18 seminarians.[ citation needed]
Diocese of Petrolina Dioecesis Petrolinensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Olinda e Recife |
Statistics | |
Area | 31,065 km2 (11,994 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 650,000 585,000 (90.0%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 November 1923 (100 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francisco Canindé Palhano |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. |
Bishops emeritus | Paulo Cardoso da Silva,
O. Carm. Manoel dos Reis de Farias |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesedepetrolina.org.br |
The Diocese of Petrolina ( Latin: Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
Its cathedra is in Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ the King, in the episcopal see of Petrolina in the state of Pernambuco.
As of 2015 [update], it pastorally served 350,500 Catholics (83.0% of 422,100 total population) on 16,260 km2 in 23 parishes and 2 missions with 25 priests (22 diocesan, 3 religious), 28 lay religious (3 brothers, 25 sisters) and 18 seminarians.[ citation needed]