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Diocese of Caicó

Dioecesis Caicoënsis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 November 1939
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Natal
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio Grande do Norte
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 9,221 (3,561 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 2
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesedecaico.com.br
  • Mailing Address: Rua Dom Manuel Tavares 19, Bairro Paraiba, 59300-000 Caico, RN, Brazil
  • Telephone: (084)3421-1420
  • Fax: 3417-2732

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 November 1939ErectedDiocese of Natal (Gurraes Novos, Acary, Jardin do Seridò, Parelhas, Serra Negra/Flores, and part of Caicó) Diocese of Caicó (erected)
16 February 1952Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Caicó (from Paraíba)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949130,000130,50099.6%95149,2855279ap1951
1959170,700171,72099.4%1251710,04154010ap1960
1965139,461146,34295.3%1616324,3584010ap1967
1970165,000.0%121205212ap1971
1976195,500217,00090.1%111117,7727312ap1977
1980208,000235,00088.5%121217,3337412ap1981
1990237,099244,43297.0%161614,81837012ap1991
1999254,000262,00096.9%30308,46699018ap2000
2000251,000262,50095.6%33337,606109018ap2001
2001251,073263,07395.4%26269,656108020ap2002
2002260,000263,33698.7%36367,222106021ap2003
2003260,000263,33698.7%37377,02786022ap2004
2004250,000263,33694.9%38386,57887522ap2005
2006264,000277,00095.3%42426,285176323ap2007
2013290,000303,00095.7%433466,3043234827ap2014
2016297,000310,20095.7%411427,0713917725ap2017
2019304,000317,20095.8%443476,4684437730ap2020
2021267,300279,49295.6%45455,940445329ap2022

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 32, Page 141, to Page 143
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 601, to Page 603

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