Diocese of Caruaru, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Caruaru / Caruaruen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora das Dores (September 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1948.08.07: Established as Diocese of Caruaru / Caruaruen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.07.10 – ...):

Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caruaru (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (57)
(2019.07.10 – ...)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil)

Ex toto corde

Born:	1967.08.06 (Feira di Santana, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.07

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil) (2012.07.04 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (2019.07.10 – ...)

Bishop Bernardino Marchió (81)
(2002.11.06 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop emeritus of Caruaru (Brazil)

Alegres na Esperança

Born:	1943.09.06 (Busca, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.06.29

Coadjutor Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1991.03.27 – 1993.05.26)

Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1993.05.26 – 2002.11.06)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (2002.11.06 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop Antônio Soares Costa
(1993.10.27 – 2002.06.07)

Servir

Born:	1930.06.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.02.06
Died:	2002.06.07 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Sinnada in Mauretania (1971.11.25 – 1993.10.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil) (1971.11.25 – 1993.10.27)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1993.10.27 – 2002.06.07)

Bishop Augusto Carvalho
(1959.08.08 – 1993.10.27)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1917.05.26 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.10.25
Died:	1997.08.08 († 80)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1959.08.08 – 1993.10.27)

Bishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório
(1949.03.15 – 1959.06.20)

Born:	1913.10.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1939.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.06.05
Died:	1981.03.31 († 67)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1949.03.15 – 1959.06.20)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1980.04.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores, Caruaru, Pernambuco

Churches by City (51)

Garanhuns (↙), Pesqueira (←), Campina Grande (↑), Nazaré (↗), Olinda e Recife (→), Palmares (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,792 km²

Population: 828,000 Catholics (84.8% of 976,419 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 90 priests (85 diocesan, 5 religious), 11 deacons, 56 religious (26 brothers, 30 sisters), 23 seminarians