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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Area: 15,571 km²
Population: 2,796,217 Catholics (62.8% of 4,455,648 total) (2020)
Statistics: 138 parishes, 11 missions, 407 priests (191 diocesan, 216 religious), 19 deacons, 1,007 lay religious (363 brothers, 644 sisters), 80 seminarians (2020)
Suffragan Sees: Crateús, Crato, Iguatu, Itapipoca, Limoeiro do Norte, Quixadá, Sobral, Tianguá
Neighbouring Dioceses: Sobral (↙), Itapipoca (←), Limoeiro do Norte (↘), Quixadá (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 22 (1978)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2022.05.10
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