Diocese of

Tianguá

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 9,680 km²

Population: 396,943 Catholics (86.5% of 458,828 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

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

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 21 (2011)

Statistics: 18 parishes, 50 priests (39 diocesan, 11 religious), 9 deacons, 88 lay religious (21 brothers, 67 sisters), 6 seminarians (2015)

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

Bishop (2017.02.15 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira (49)

Bishops of Tianguá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira (49)
(2017.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil)

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

Bishop Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R. (77)
(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 2018.11.07