Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Guarabira / Guarabiren(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Paraíba
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Luz (February 2)
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Bishop (2017.10.04 – ...): | Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos (60) |
Bishops of Guarabira (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos (60) Bishop of Guarabira (Brazil)
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Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61)
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Bishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm. (72) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maceió (Brazil)
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Bishop Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira (later Archbishop)
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Area: 4,391 km²
Population: 435,000 Catholics (88.4% of 492,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes
Personnel: 59 priests (52 diocesan, 7 religious), 19 deacons, 64 religious (9 brothers, 55 sisters), 29 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.12.15
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