Diocese of

Juazeiro

Brazil Brazil

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Juazeiro / Iuazeirien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Feira de Santana

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora das Grotas (September 8)

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.07.11 – ...):Bishop Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos (51)Bishop Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Juazeiro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos (51)Bishop Valdemir Vicente Andrade Santos (51)
(2024.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil)

Fazei tudo para a glória de Deus

Born:1973.01.05 (Aracuju, SE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:2001.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:2018.08.24

Priest of Aracaju (Brazil) (2001.08.24 – 2018.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Castabala (2018.07.11 – 2024.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (2018.07.11 – 2024.07.11)

Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (2024.07.11 – ...)

Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (59)Bishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (59) (later Archbishop)
(2016.09.07 – 2023.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Natus nobis in via

Born:1965.09.16 (São Francisco do Sul, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1994.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:2016.05.07

Coadjutor Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (2016.02.17 – 2016.09.07)

Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (2016.09.07 – 2023.11.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (2023.11.08 – 2024.04.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (2024.04.03 – ...)

Bishop José Geraldo da Cruz, A.A.
(2003.06.04 – 2016.09.07)

Venha a nós o vosso Reino

Born:1941.08.08 (Muriaé, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1969.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:2003.08.16
Died:2022.04.04 (Muriaé, MG, Brazil † 80)

Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (2003.06.04 – 2016.09.07)

Bishop José Rodrigues de Souza, C.SS.R.
(1974.12.12 – 2003.06.04)

Evangelizare misit me

Born:1926.03.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1950.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:1975.02.09
Died:2012.09.09 († 86)

Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (1974.12.12 – 2003.06.04)

Bishop Tomás Guilherme Murphy, C.SS.R.
(1962.10.16 – 1973.12.29)

A Jesus por Maria

Born:1917.12.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1943.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1963.01.02
Died:1995.07.06 († 77)

Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (1962.10.16 – 1973.12.29)

Titular Bishop of Sululos (1973.12.29 – 1995.07.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1973.12.29 – 1995.07.06)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (18)

Irecê (↙), Barra (↙), São Raimundo Nonato (↖), Petrolina (↑), Bonfim (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,801 km²

Population: 416,000 Catholics (76.6% of 542,939 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 34 priests (26 diocesan, 8 religious), 34 religious (9 brothers, 25 sisters), 11 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.10.13

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