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Diocese of Caruaru

Dioecesis Caruaruensis



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Bishop(s)

  • José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop
  • Bernardino Marchió, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 7 August 1948
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Pernambuco
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 5,792 (2,237 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 2
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesedecaruaru.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Rua Silveira Martins 367, Petropolis, 55030-310 Caruaru, PE, Brazil
  • Telephone: (081)3046-5061
  • Fax: 3046-5062

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
7 August 1948ErectedDiocese of Nazaré (Santa Cruz)
Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife (Nossa Senhora das Dores de Garuarú, Nossa Senhora do Rosario de Garuará, São Gaetano, Santo Antonio de Cachoeirinha, Nossa Senhora do Ó Altinho, Santo Antonio de Behedouro, São Joaquim, Nossa Senhora da Gonceção do Bonito, São Felix de Gamocim, São José..)
Diocese of Pesqueira (Riacho das Almas)
Diocese of Caruaru (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950299,000300,00099.7%1711816,61111213ap1951
1957315,000320,00098.4%1832115,00033614ap1960
1966417,665428,84997.4%24123611,60186121ap1967
1970450,000480,00093.8%2573214,06278221ap1971
1976480,000530,00090.6%2283016,000106521ap1977
1980556,000618,00090.0%2463018,53367822ap1981
1990701,000778,00090.1%29114017,525197324ap1991
1999670,000800,00083.8%2883618,611176326ap2000
2000675,000802,00084.2%2893718,2436196526ap2001
2001685,125814,03084.2%3093917,5676196526ap2002
2002702,570832,11584.4%3093918,0146176526ap2003
2003713,108844,59684.4%3594416,2076176126ap2004
2004610,281724,79484.2%3574214,5306186426ap2005
2006684,019789,07786.7%3974614,8699107327ap2007
2013749,000863,00086.8%5986711,17914137235ap2014
2016785,743928,42784.6%6186911,38711286138ap2017
2019803,390949,93284.6%6797610,57013376243ap2020
2021817,350966,43084.6%8510958,60315392953ap2022
2023828,000976,41984.8%855909,20011263045ap2024

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 41, Page 311, to Page 313

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