Diocese of Baturité, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Baturité (Português)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

Neighbouring Dioceses: Sobral (←), Itapipoca (↖), Fortaleza (↗), Quixadá (↓)

2026.01.01: Established as Diocese of Baturité (Português) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza and became suffragan of Fortaleza)

Archbishop-Bishop (2026.01.01 – ...):

Archbishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap. (69)

Bishops of Baturité (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap. (69)
(2026.01.01 – ...)

Archbishop-Bishop of Baturité (Brazil)

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)

Archbishop-Bishop of Baturité (Brazil) (2026.01.01 – ...)

Area: 7,072 km²

Population: 205,770 Catholics (69.0% of 298,221 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes

Personnel: 39 priests (28 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 41 religious (10 brothers, 31 sisters), 6 seminarians