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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Area: 25,153 km²
Population: 1,780,660 Catholics (80.0% of 2,225,745 total) (2020)
Statistics: 112 parishes, 6 missions, 191 priests (168 diocesan, 23 religious), 101 deacons, 197 lay religious (32 brothers, 165 sisters), 39 seminarians (2020)
Suffragan Sees: Caicó, Mossoró
Neighbouring Dioceses: Campina Grande (↙), Caicó (↙), Mossoró (←), Paraíba (↓), Guarabira (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Apresentação (November 21)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 21 (1988)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2022.05.13
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