![]() |
|
Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Area: 8,545 km²
Population: 1,077,195 Catholics (63.1% of 1,706,990 total) (2017)
Statistics: 82 parishes, 12 missions, 124 priests (99 diocesan, 25 religious), 25 deacons, 229 lay religious (63 brothers, 166 sisters), 41 seminarians (2017)
Suffragan Sees: Palmeira dos Índios, Penedo
Neighbouring Dioceses: Penedo (↙), Palmeira dos Índios (←), Garanhuns (↖), Palmares (↑)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
|
as of 2019.11.30
© 2019 GCatholic.org