Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Area: 7,019 km²
Population: 1,012,500 Catholics (70.0% of 1,446,445 total) (2020)
Statistics: 110 parishes, 169 priests (131 diocesan, 38 religious), 39 deacons, 294 lay religious (138 brothers, 156 sisters), 20 seminarians (2020)
Suffragan Sees: Estância, Propriá
Neighbouring Dioceses: Estância (↙), Paulo Afonso (↖), Propriá (↑)
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8), Saint Pius X (August 21)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 19 (1912)
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as of 2022.08.06
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