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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 9,221 km²
Population: 301,000 Catholics (94.9% of 317,200 total) (2017)
Statistics: 30 parishes, 132 missions, 47 priests (44 diocesan, 3 religious), 44 deacons, 80 lay religious (3 brothers, 77 sisters), 14 seminarians (2017)
Ecclesiastical Province: Natal
Neighbouring Dioceses: Cajazeiras (↙), Mossoró (↑), Natal (↗), Campina Grande (↘), Patos (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2021.04.16
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