Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande

Diocese of Campina Grande
Dioecesis Campinae Grandis
Location
Country  Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Paraíba
Statistics
Area 20,451 km2 (7,896 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2003)
830,118
720,000 (86.7%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 14 May 1949 (68 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M.Cap.
Website
www.diocesedecampinagrande.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande (Latin: Dioecesis Campinae Grandis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba, in northeastern Brazil.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the city of Campina Grande.

It is vacant.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 807,000 Catholics (87.0% of 928,000 total) on 20,051 km² in 52 parishes with 92 priests (69 diocesan, 23 religious), 1 deacon, 131 lay religious (67 brothers, 64 sisters) and 25 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Campina Grande

See also

References

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