Diocese of Propriá, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Propriá / Proprien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Aracaju

Neighbouring Dioceses: Paulo Afonso (←), Palmeira dos Índios (↑), Penedo (→), Aracaju (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima (May 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.04.30: Established as Diocese of Propriá / Proprien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Aracaju and became suffragan of Aracaju)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.10.25 – ...):

Bishop George Luís Amaral Muniz (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Propriá (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Luís Amaral Muniz (53)
(2025.10.25 – ...)

Bishop of Propriá (Brazil)

In manus tuas

Born:	1972.12.14 (Matinha, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2001.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.12.22

Priest of Viana (Brazil) (2001.12.22 – 2025.10.25)

Bishop of Propriá (Brazil) (2025.10.25 – ...)

Bishop Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes (57) (later Archbishop)
(2017.10.25 – 2025.02.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Cor dilatandum ad servitium

Born:	1968.06.16 (Curaçá, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1998.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.01.06

Priest of Jequié (Brazil) (1998.04.18 – 2017.10.25)

Bishop of Propriá (Brazil) (2017.10.25 – 2025.02.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Aracaju (Brazil) (2023.07.19 – 2024.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (2025.02.14 – ...)

Bishop Mário Rino Sivieri
(1997.03.18 – 2017.10.25)

Omnium Servus

Born:	1942.04.15 (Castelmassa, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1966.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.05.25
Died:	2020.06.03 (Aracaju, SE, Brazil † 78)

Bishop of Propriá (Brazil) (1997.03.18 – 2017.10.25)

Bishop José Palmeira Lessa (84) (later Archbishop)
(1987.10.30 – 1996.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aracaju (Brazil)

Fraco com os fracos

Born:	1942.01.18 (Coruripe, AL, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.08.24

Titular Bishop of Sita (1982.06.21 – 1987.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1982.06.21 – 1987.10.30)

Bishop of Propriá (Brazil) (1987.10.30 – 1996.12.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1996.12.06 – 1998.08.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1998.08.26 – 2017.01.18)

Bishop José Brandão de Castro, C.SS.R.
(1960.06.25 – 1987.10.30)

Born:	1919.05.24 (Rio Espera, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1944.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.09.21
Died:	1999.12.23 (Curvelo, MG, Brazil † 80)

Bishop of Propriá (Brazil) (1960.06.25 – 1987.10.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, Propriá, Sergipe
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (35)

Paulo Afonso (←), Palmeira dos Índios (↑), Penedo (→), Aracaju (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 8,181 km²

Population: 315,000 Catholics (86.3% of 365,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes

Personnel: 41 priests (diocesan), 32 religious (32 sisters), 14 seminarians