Diocese of Crato, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Crato / Craten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Penha (September 1)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1914.10.20: Established as Diocese of Crato / Craten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ceará and became suffragan of Olinda)
1915.11.10: Became suffragan of Fortaleza
1961.01.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Iguatu

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.01.12 – ...):

Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Crato (Roman Rite)

Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (59)
(2022.01.12 – ...)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Omnia possum in eo

Born:	1965.07.31 (Açu, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.09.17

Bishop of Salgueiro (Brazil) (2010.06.16 – 2022.01.12)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2022.01.12 – ...)

Bishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira (68) (later Archbishop)
(2016.12.28 – 2021.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Venha o teu reino

Born:	1956.07.29 (Boim, PA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.28

Priest of Santarém (Brazil) (1985.07.27 – 2005.08.03)

Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil) (2005.08.03 – 2016.05.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2016.05.18 – 2016.12.28)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2016.12.28 – 2021.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (2021.06.02 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C. (79)
(2001.05.02 – 2016.12.28)

Bishop emeritus of Crato (Brazil)

Sursum Corda

Born:	1946.01.01 (Tricase, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1971.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.08.14

Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil) (1993.06.02 – 2001.05.02)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2001.05.02 – 2016.12.28)

Bishop Newton Holanda Gurgel
(1993.11.24 – 2001.05.02)

Certa bonum certamen

Born:	1923.11.01 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2017.04.06 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena (1979.04.10 – 1993.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (1979.04.10 – 1993.11.24)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (1993.11.24 – 2001.05.02)

Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos
(1961.01.28 – 1992.06.01)

Vincenti dabo manna

Born:	1918.06.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1942.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.06.11
Died:	1998.12.06 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Mæandrum (1955.04.21 – 1961.01.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (1955.04.21 – 1961.01.28)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (1961.01.28 – 1992.06.01)

Bishop Francisco de Assis Pires (later Archbishop)
(1931.08.11 – 1959.07.11)

Non veni ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1880.10.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1903.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.12.06
Died:	1960.02.10 († 79)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (1931.08.11 – 1959.07.11)

Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia (1959.07.11 – 1960.02.10)

Bishop Quintino Rodrigo de Oliveira e Silva
(1915.03.10 – 1929.12.29)

Patientia et doctrina

Born:	1863.10.31 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1886.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.10.31
Died:	1929.12.29 († 66)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (1915.03.10 – 1929.12.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira (68) (later Archbishop) (2016.05.18 – 2016.12.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Newton Holanda Gurgel (1979.04.10 – 1993.11.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos (1955.04.21 – 1961.01.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Penha, Crato, Ceará
Minor Basilica: Basilica Santuário de Nossa Senhora das Dores, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (63)

Picos (←), Iguatu (↑), Cajazeiras (→), Salgueiro (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 17,894 km²

Population: 846,064 Catholics (79.6% of 1,062,283 total)

Pastoral Centres: 57 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 124 priests (104 diocesan, 20 religious), 42 deacons, 156 religious (20 brothers, 136 sisters), 53 seminarians