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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 8,734 km²
Population: 626,000 Catholics (90.6% of 691,321 total) (2020)
Statistics: 36 parishes, 61 priests (51 diocesan, 10 religious), 19 deacons, 91 lay religious (16 brothers, 75 sisters), 31 seminarians (2020)
Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife
Neighbouring Dioceses: Pesqueira (↖), Caruaru (↗), Palmares (→), Maceió (↘), Palmeira dos Índios (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2022.05.10
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