Diocese of Penedo, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Penedo / Peneden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maceió

Neighbouring Dioceses: Propriá (←), Palmeira dos Índios (↑), Maceió (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Rosário (October 7)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1916.04.03: Established as Diocese of Penedo / Peneden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Alagôas and became suffragan of Olinda)
1920.02.13: Became suffragan of Maceió
1962.02.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.08.18 – ...):

Bishop Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Penedo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos (65)
(2021.08.18 – ...)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Pasce oves meas

Born:	1960.06.30 (Itajaí de Nova Canaã, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1987.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.30

Priest of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (1987.09.06 – 2010.03.17)

Bishop of Floriano (Brazil) (2010.03.17 – 2016.05.04)

Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil) (2016.05.04 – 2021.08.18)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (2021.08.18 – ...)

Bishop Valério Breda, S.D.B.
(1997.07.30 – 2020.06.16)

Caritas Christi Urget

Born:	1945.01.24 (San Fior di Sotto, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.10.19
Died:	2020.06.16 (Maceió, AL, Brazil † 75)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1997.07.30 – 2020.06.16)

Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M.
(1976.03.24 – 1994.01.26)

In gratia et veritate

Born:	1916.04.22 (Holtrup, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1941.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.06.17
Died:	1997.07.02 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Valliposita (1973.04.13 – 1976.03.24)

Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (1973.04.13 – 1976.03.24)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1976.03.24 – 1994.01.26)

Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa
(1957.11.09 – 1976.03.24)

Laxabo retes

Born:	1908.07.07 (Bôa Viagem, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.06.20
Died:	1983.07.14 († 75)

Bishop of Caetité (Brazil) (1948.02.13 – 1955.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Letopolis (1955.12.09 – 1957.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1955.12.09 – 1957.11.09)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1957.11.09 – 1976.03.24)

Bishop Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1949.03.30 – 1957.04.03)

Born:	1904.05.25 (Dores de Camanque, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.06.29
Died:	1972.07.12 († 68)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1949.03.30 – 1957.04.03)

Titular Archbishop of Verissa (1957.04.03 – 1965.03.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1957.04.03 – 1965.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1965.03.25 – 1972.07.12)

Bishop Fernando Gomes dos Santos (later Archbishop)
(1943.01.09 – 1949.02.01)

Prædica verbum

Born:	1910.04.04 (Patos, PB, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1932.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.04.04
Died:	1985.06.01 (Goiânia, GO, Brazil † 75)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1943.01.09 – 1949.02.01)

Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1949.02.01 – 1957.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1957.03.07 – 1985.06.01)

Bishop Jonas de Araújo Batinga
(1918.01.28 – 1940.07.30)

Duc in altum

Born:	1865.03.25 (Penedo, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1888.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.07.14
Died:	1940.07.30 († 75)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1918.01.28 – 1940.07.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosário das Vitórias, Penedo, Alagoas
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral de Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho, Arapiraca, Alagoas
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (45)

Propriá (←), Palmeira dos Índios (↑), Maceió (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,905 km²

Population: 689,177 Catholics (79.6% of 865,835 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 72 priests (64 diocesan, 8 religious), 10 deacons, 48 religious (16 brothers, 32 sisters), 24 seminarians