Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá (Latin: Dioecesis Propriensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Aracaju in Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil.

Diocese of Propriá

Dioecesis Propriensis

Diocese de Propriá
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceAracajú
MetropolitanAracajú
Statistics
Area8,198 km2 (3,165 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
307,792
300,045 (97.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established30 April 1960 (64 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Anthony in Propriá
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVitor Agnaldo de Menenez
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Palmeira Lessa
Website
www.diocesedepropria.com.br

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santo Antônio, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, in the city of Propriá, also in Sergipe.

History

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  • Established on April 30, 1960 as Diocese of Propriá, on territory split off from its simultaneously promoted mother see, the (newly Arch)Diocese of Aracaju.

Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 334,500 Catholics (97.4% of 343,600 total) on 8,181 km² in 25 parishes with 30 priests (29 diocesan, 1 religious), 40 lay religious (1 brother, 39 sisters) and 9 seminarians.[1]

Bishops

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(all Roman rite)[2]

Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Propriá

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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See also

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