Diocese of

Sobral

Brazil Brazil

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sobral / Sobralen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.07.08 – ...):Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (61)Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sobral (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (61)Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (61)
(2015.07.08 – ...)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil)

Pasce oves meas

Born:1963.05.12 (Garanhuns, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1989.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:2012.06.11

Priest of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1989.12.09 – 2012.03.21)

Titular Bishop of Canapium (2012.03.21 – 2015.07.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (2012.03.21 – 2015.07.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Sobral (Brazil) (2015.02.01 – 2015.07.08)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (2015.07.08 – ...)

Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (61)Bishop José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos (61)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.02.01 – 2015.07.08)

Archbishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J. (61)Bishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J. (61) (later Archbishop)
(2010.10.11 – 2014.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

Vinde após mim, e eu vos farei pescadores de homens

Born:1963.04.18 (Campo Erê, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1992.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:2010.12.12

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (2010.10.11 – 2014.12.03)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (2014.12.03 – 2024.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (2024.11.05 – ...)

Archbishop Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. (77)Bishop Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. (77) (later Archbishop)
(2005.05.18 – 2009.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

Secundum Verbum Tuum

Born:1947.06.10 (Cabo de Santo Agostinho, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1983.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:2000.08.20

Titular Bishop of Tacia montana (2000.05.31 – 2005.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (2000.05.31 – 2005.05.18)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (2005.05.18 – 2009.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (2009.07.01 – 2023.06.14)

Bishop Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S. (later Archbishop)
(1998.03.18 – 2004.05.05)

Unum Corpus Unus Spiritus

Born:1949.09.16 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1977.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1997.10.31
Died:2020.04.14 (Fortaleza, CE, Brazil † 70)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1997.09.10 – 1998.03.18)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1998.03.18 – 2004.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (2004.05.05 – 2016.07.06)

Religious of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentinos). Died of COVID-19.

Bishop Walfrido Teixeira Vieira
(1965.01.06 – 1998.03.18)

Secundum verbum tuum

Born:1921.12.17 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1946.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1961.06.29
Died:2001.11.09 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Laranda (1961.03.25 – 1965.01.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1961.03.25 – 1965.01.06)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1965.01.06 – 1998.03.18)

Bishop João José da Mota e Albuquerque (later Archbishop)
(1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)

Sanctificans evangelium Dei

Born:1913.03.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1935.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:1957.04.28
Died:1987.09.12 († 74)

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1964.04.28 – 1984.03.20)

Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota
(1924.03.10 – 1959.09.25)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:1882.09.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1905.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1916.06.29
Died:1959.09.25 († 77)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1916.01.24 – 1923.04.06)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1923.04.06 – 1924.03.10)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1924.03.10 – 1959.09.25)

Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota
(1916.01.24 – 1923.04.06)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (50)

Tianguá (←), Itapipoca (→), Fortaleza (↘), Crateús (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 17,635 km²

Population: 873,200 Catholics (84.7% of 1,031,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 791 missions

Personnel: 76 priests (72 diocesan, 4 religious), 1 deacon, 125 religious (4 brothers, 121 sisters), 25 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

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