Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios explained
Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Palmeira dos Índios |
Latin: | Dioecesis Palmiriensis Indorum |
Country: | Brazil |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Established: | 10 February 1962 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Amparo |
Area Km2: | 11,027 |
Population: | 559,673 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 470,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 84.0 |
Bishop: | Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios (Latin: Dioecesis Palmiriensis Indorum) is a diocese located in the city of Palmeira dos Índios in the ecclesiastical province of Maceió in Brazil.
History
- February 10, 1962: Established as Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maceió and Diocese of Penedo
Bishops
- Bishops of Palmeira dos Índios (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho (2018.12.19 - present)
- Bishop Dulcênio Fontes de Matos (2006.07.12 – 2017.10.11), appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
- Bishop Fernando Iório Rodrigues (1985.03.01 – 2006.07.12)
- Bishop Epaminondas José de Araújo (1978.06.05 – 1984.11.28)
- Bishop Otávio Barbosa Aguiar (1962.07.04 – 1978.03.29)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Hélio Pereira dos Santos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 2016
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