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Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira

Dioecesis Afogadensis de Ingazeira



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Bishop(s)

  • Limacêdo Antônio da Silva, Bishop
  • Egidio Bisol, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 2 July 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Pernambuco
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 10,956 (4,231 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 2
  • Mailing Address: Residencia Episcopal, Rua Dr. Roberto Nogueira Lima 366, 56800-000 Afogados da Ingazeira, PE, Brazil
  • Telephone: (087)3838-1582

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
2 July 1956ErectedDiocese of Pesqueira (Itapetim, São José do Egito, Tabira, Afogados da Ingázeira, Carnaíba, Flores, Triunfo, Serra Talhada, and São José do Belmonte) Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1957320,000.0%222209ap1960
1966280,000280,000100.0%101028,0004489ap1967
1970252,000280,00090.0%1351814,00053612ap1971
1976277,200280,00099.0%841223,10053812ap1977
1980300,900304,00099.0%1131421,49253212ap1981
1990356,000363,00098.1%1421622,25043113ap1991
1999379,000391,00096.9%1922118,047423117ap2000
2000385,000397,00097.0%2022217,500423918ap2001
2001332,612338,64898.2%2122314,461422920ap2002
2002385,000397,00097.0%2222416,041622920ap2003
2003308,365342,66690.0%2222412,848723020ap2004
2004318,059342,20792.9%2142512,722843920ap2005
2006323,000348,00092.8%2522711,962832920ap2007
2012349,000374,00093.3%2812912,034822624ap2013
2015358,000383,00093.5%362389,421632324ap2016
2018367,930393,32093.5%362389,6821132624ap2019
2020373,700399,47593.5%371389,8341022624ap2021
2022379,000405,00093.6%362389,973932624ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 48, Page 809, to Page 811

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