Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso

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Diocese of Paulo Afonso
Dioecesis Paulalfonsanensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Feira de Santana
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 36,913 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
601,215 (2004)
488,698 (81.3%)
Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Ordinaries
Bishop: Guido Zendron

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paulo Afonso {Latin: Paulalfonsanen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Paulo Afonso in the Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil.

[edit] History

  • September 14, 1971: Established as Diocese of Paulo Afonso from the Diocese of Bonfim

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Paulo Afonso (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Guido Zendron (2008.03.12 – present)
    • Bishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado (2000.03.22 – 2007.02.28)
    • Bishop Mário Zanetta (1988.06.15 – 1998.11.13)
    • Bishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. (later Archbishop) (1984.05.21 – 1987.10.30)
    • Bishop Jackson Berenguer Prado (1971.10.08 – 1983.08.17)

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