Diocese of Crateús, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Crateús / Crateopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

Neighbouring Dioceses: Teresina (↙), Campo Maior (←), Parnaíba (↖), Tianguá (↑), Sobral (↑), Quixadá (→), Iguatu (↘), Picos (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1963.09.28: Established as Diocese of Crateús / Crateopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Iguatu and Diocese of Sobral and became suffragan of Fortaleza)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.06 – ...):

Bishop Ailton Menegussi (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Crateús (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ailton Menegussi (63)
(2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop of Crateús (Brazil)

Basta-te a minha graça

Born:	1962.11.05 (Nova Venécia, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1998.11.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.21

Priest of São Mateus (Brazil) (1998.11.22 – 2013.11.06)

Bishop of Crateús (Brazil) (2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho (78) (later Archbishop)
(1998.02.18 – 2012.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Teresina (Brazil)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1947.06.16 (Bacabal, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.05.24

Priest of Bacabal (Brazil) (1972.01.15 – 1998.02.18)

Bishop of Crateús (Brazil) (1998.02.18 – 2012.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (2012.02.22 – 2023.01.04)

Bishop Antônio Batista Fragoso
(1964.04.28 – 1998.02.18)

Opportet illas adducere

Born:	1920.12.10 (Teixeira, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1944.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.30
Died:	2006.08.12 (João Pessoa, PB, Brazil † 85)

Titular Bishop of Ucres (1957.03.13 – 1964.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1957.03.13 – 1964.04.28)

Bishop of Crateús (Brazil) (1964.04.28 – 1998.02.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Senhor do Bonfim, Crateús, Ceará

Churches by City (14)

Teresina (↙), Campo Maior (←), Parnaíba (↖), Tianguá (↑), Sobral (↑), Quixadá (→), Iguatu (↘), Picos (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,817 km²

Population: 392,000 Catholics (91.4% of 429,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 27 priests (25 diocesan, 2 religious), 4 deacons, 28 religious (2 brothers, 26 sisters), 17 seminarians