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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 10,955 km²
Population: 367,930 Catholics (93.5% of 393,320 total) (2017)
Statistics: 24 parishes, 38 priests (36 diocesan, 2 religious), 11 deacons, 29 lay religious (3 brothers, 26 sisters), 14 seminarians (2017)
Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife
Neighbouring Dioceses: Floresta (↙), Salgueiro (←), Cajazeiras (↑), Patos (↗), Campina Grande (→)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Santa Maria Madalena (July 22)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2019.11.30
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