Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Afogados da Ingazeira / Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Mary Magdalene (July 22)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.07.02: Established as Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira / Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira (Latin) (from Diocese of Pesqueira and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.10.25 – ...):

Bishop Limacêdo Antônio da Silva (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Afogados da Ingazeira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Limacêdo Antônio da Silva (64)
(2023.10.25 – ...)

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil)

Verbum caro factum est

Born:	1960.09.20 (Nazaré da Mata, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.06.10

Priest of Nazaré (Brazil) (1986.01.12 – 2018.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Saldæ (2018.04.04 – 2023.10.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (2018.04.04 – 2023.10.25)

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (2023.10.25 – ...)

Bishop Egidio Bisol (77)
(2009.10.07 – 2023.10.25)

Bishop emeritus of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil)

Estou entre vós como servo

Born:	1947.12.23 (Bassano del Grappa, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1972.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.09

Priest of Vicenza (Italy) (1972.05.31 – 2009.10.07)

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (2009.10.07 – 2023.10.25)

Bishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap. (68) (later Archbishop)
(2001.06.13 – 2008.06.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Ne timeas tecum ego sum / Não temas estou contigo

Born:	1957.02.18 (Caruaru, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.10.06

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (2001.06.13 – 2008.06.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (2008.06.11 – 2019.10.09)

Bishop Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho
(1961.05.25 – 2001.06.13)

Born:	1924.04.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.08.24
Died:	2006.10.09 († 82)

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1961.05.25 – 2001.06.13)

Bishop João José da Mota e Albuquerque (later Archbishop)
(1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28)

Sanctificans evangelium Dei

Born:	1913.03.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1935.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.04.28
Died:	1987.09.12 († 74)

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1964.04.28 – 1984.03.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Senhor Bom Jesus dos Remédios, Afogados da Ingazeira, Pernambuco
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral Nossa Senhora da Penha, Serra Talhada, Pernambuco
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (33)

Floresta (↙), Salgueiro (←), Cajazeiras (↑), Patos (↗), Campina Grande (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,956 km²

Population: 381,000 Catholics (93.6% of 407,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes

Personnel: 34 priests (33 diocesan, 1 religious), 8 deacons, 43 religious (17 brothers, 26 sisters), 10 seminarians