Diocese of Mossoró, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mossoró (Português) / Santa Luzia de Mossoró (Português) / Mossoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Natal

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Lucy of Syracuse (December 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.07.28: Established as Diocese of Mossoró (Português) / Santa Luzia de Mossoró (Português) / Mossoren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Natal and became suffragan of Paraíba)
1952.02.16: Became suffragan of Natal

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.11.18 – ...):

Bishop Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mossoró (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm. (56)
(2023.11.18 – ...)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:	1968.04.17 (Araripina, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1995.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.14

Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (2016.06.08 – 2023.11.18)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (2023.11.18 – ...)

Bishop Mariano Manzana (77)
(2004.06.15 – 2023.11.18)

Bishop emeritus of Mossoró (Brazil)

Christus ad Gentes

Born:	1947.10.13 (Mori, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.05

Priest of Trento (Italy) (1973.06.26 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (2004.06.15 – 2023.11.18)

Bishop José Freire de Oliveira Neto
(1984.03.14 – 2004.06.15)

Configuratus Morti Ejus

Born:	1928.03.09 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1956.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.06.02
Died:	2012.01.10 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Illici (1973.11.03 – 1979.05.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1973.11.03 – 1979.05.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1979.05.21 – 1984.03.14)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1984.03.14 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop Gentil Diniz Barreto
(1960.06.11 – 1984.03.14)

Born:	1910.11.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.09.21
Died:	1988.10.09 († 77)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1960.06.11 – 1984.03.14)

Bishop Elizeu Simões Mendes
(1953.09.19 – 1959.10.17)

Born:	1915.05.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.12.03
Died:	2001.03.02 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1950.08.21 – 1953.09.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1950.08.21 – 1953.09.19)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1953.09.19 – 1959.10.17)

Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil) (1959.10.17 – 1980.12.03)

Bishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa (later Archbishop)
(1943.07.31 – 1953.07.03)

Born:	1904.06.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1927.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.11.07
Died:	1959.01.06 († 54)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1943.07.31 – 1953.07.03)

Titular Archbishop of Selge (1953.07.03 – 1959.01.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1953.07.03 – 1959.01.06)

Bishop Jaime de Barros Câmara (later Cardinal)
(1935.12.19 – 1941.09.15)

Ignem veni mittere

Born:	1894.07.03 (São José, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1920.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.02.02
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1971.02.18 (Aparecida, SP, Brazil † 76)