Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Palmeira dos Índios / Palmirien(sis) Indorum (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maceió

Neighbouring Dioceses: Paulo Afonso (←), Floresta (↖), Pesqueira (↖), Garanhuns (↑), Maceió (→), Penedo (↓), Propriá (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.02.10: Established as Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios / Palmirien(sis) Indorum (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maceió and Diocese of Penedo and became suffragan of Maceió)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.09.25 – ...):

Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (67)

Monsignors (7)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Palmeira dos Índios (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (67)
(2026.09.25 – ...)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil)

In ædificationem corporis Christi

Born:	1958.10.06 (Besana Brianza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1985.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.05.13

Titular Bishop of Accia (2012.03.21 – 2014.07.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2012.03.21 – 2014.07.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Estância (Brazil) (2013.09.25 – 2014.07.09)

Bishop of Estância (Brazil) (2014.07.09 – 2021.08.11)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (2021.08.11 – 2026.09.25)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (2026.09.25 – ...)

Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho (61)
(2018.12.19 – 2026.03.24)

Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil)

Por tua palavra, lançarei as redes

Born:	1965.09.25 (São Domingos do Capim, PA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.02.24

Priest of Bragança do Pará (Brazil) (1993.09.26 – 2018.12.19)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (2018.12.19 – 2026.03.24)

Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil) (2026.03.24 – ...)

Bishop Dulcênio Fontes de Matos (67)
(2006.07.12 – 2017.10.11)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil)

Pro Mundi Vita

Born:	1958.10.19 (Lagarto, SE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.16

Priest of Estância (Brazil) (1985.12.14 – 2001.04.18)

Titular Bishop of Cozyla (2001.04.18 – 2006.07.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (2001.04.18 – 2006.07.12)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (2006.07.12 – 2017.10.11)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (2017.10.11 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Iório Rodrigues
(1985.03.01 – 2006.07.12)

Pasce oves meas

Born:	1929.06.23 (Maceio, AL, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.05.29
Died:	2010.03.20 (Maceio, AL, Brazil † 80)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (1985.03.01 – 2006.07.12)

Bishop Epaminondas José de Araújo
(1978.06.05 – 1984.11.28)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1922.03.19 (Caiçara, PB, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1945.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.03.27
Died:	2010.06.09 (João Pessoa, PB, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil) (1959.12.14 – 1966.10.27)

Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (1966.10.27 – 1978.06.05)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (1978.06.05 – 1984.11.28)

Bishop Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar
(1962.07.04 – 1978.03.29)

Servire

Born:	1913.04.22 (Orobi, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1935.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.01.30
Died:	2004.12.09 (Maceió, AL, Brazil † 91)

Titular Bishop of Gergis (1954.11.06 – 1956.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1954.11.06 – 1956.02.24)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1956.02.24 – 1962.07.04)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (1962.07.04 – 1978.03.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Amparo, Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (37)

Paulo Afonso (←), Floresta (↖), Pesqueira (↖), Garanhuns (↑), Maceió (→), Penedo (↓), Propriá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,858 km²

Population: 603,000 Catholics (94.4% of 639,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 56 priests (54 diocesan, 2 religious), 34 religious (4 brothers, 30 sisters), 23 seminarians