Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Crato / Craten(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Penha (September 1)
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Bishop (2022.01.12 – ...): | Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (58) |
Bishops of Crato (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (58) Bishop of Crato (Brazil)
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Bishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira (67) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)
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Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C. (78) Bishop emeritus of Crato (Brazil)
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Bishop Newton Holanda Gurgel
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Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos
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Bishop Francisco de Assis Pires (later Archbishop) Non veni ministrari sed ministrare
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Bishop Quintino Rodrigo de Oliveira e Silva
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Area: 17,894 km²
Population: 852,000 Catholics (80.0% of 1,065,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 57 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 116 priests (92 diocesan, 24 religious), 42 deacons, 160 religious (24 brothers, 136 sisters), 59 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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