Diocese of

Tianguá

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 9,680 km²

Population: 405,100 Catholics (83.0% of 488,013 total) (2020)

Statistics: 20 parishes, 46 priests (39 diocesan, 7 religious), 9 deacons, 66 lay religious (7 brothers, 59 sisters), 20 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

Neighbouring Dioceses: Parnaíba (↖), Sobral (→), Crateús (↓)

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 21 (2011)

Website:

1971.03.13: Established as Diocese of Tianguá / Tianguen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Sobral)

Bishop (2017.02.15 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira (52)

Bishops of Tianguá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira (52)
(2017.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil) (2017.02.15 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R. (81)
(1991.03.06 – 2017.02.15)

Bishop emeritus of Tianguá (Brazil)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil) (1991.03.06 – 2017.02.15)

Bishop Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap.
(1971.03.13 – 1990.03.20)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil) (1971.03.13 – 1990.03.20)

as of 2022.06.30