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Diocese of

Limoeiro do Norte

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

Neighbouring Dioceses: Iguatu (↙), Quixadá (←), Fortaleza (↖), Mossoró (→)

Website:

History

1938.05.07: Established as Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte / Limoëiren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará

Present Prelates

Bishop (2000.01.19 – ...):

Bishop José Haring, O.F.M. (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Limoeiro do Norte (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Haring, O.F.M. (72)
(2000.01.19 – ...)

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

Unidos na mesma Fé

Born:	1940.12.20 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.20

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (2000.01.19 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (89)
(1994.05.18 – 1998.05.06)

Bishop emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil)

Verbum caro factum

Born:	1924.10.03 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.11.06

Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1966.08.08 – 1974.07.03)

Titular Bishop of Vicus Cæsaris (1966.08.08 – 1994.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1974.07.03 – 1994.05.18)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1992 – 1994.05.18)

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1994.05.18 – 1998.05.06)

Bishop Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (89)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1992 – 1994.05.18)

Bishop Pompeu Bezerra Bessa
(1973.01.25 – 1994.05.18)

Born:	1923.11.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.05.01
Died:	2000.07.23 († 76)

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1973.01.25 – 1994.05.18)

Bishop José Freire Falcão (88) (later Cardinal)
(1967.08.19 – 1971.11.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brasília (Brazil)

Servir em humildade

Born:	1925.10.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.17
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19)

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1967.08.19 – 1971.11.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (1971.11.25 – 1984.02.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1984.02.15 – 2004.01.28)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1987 – 1991)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Luca a Via Prenestina (1988.06.28 – ...)

Bishop Aureliano de Matos
(1940.01.30 – 1967.08.19)

Born:	1889.06.17
Ordained Priest:	1914.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.09.29
Died:	1967.08.19 († 78)

Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (Brazil) (1940.01.30 – 1967.08.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Freire Falcão (88) (later Cardinal) (1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19)

as of 2013.10.31

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