Diocese of Tianguá, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tianguá / Tianguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Fortaleza

Neighbouring Dioceses: Parnaíba (↖), Sobral (→), Crateús (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 21 (2011)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.03.13: Established as Diocese of Tianguá / Tianguen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Sobral and became suffragan of Fortaleza)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.02.15 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira (56)

Monsignors (2)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tianguá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira (56)
(2017.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil)

Zelus Domus tuæ comedit me

Born:	1969.10.03 (Jardim, MS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1997.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.04.22

Priest of Crato (Brazil) (1997.12.12 – 2017.02.15)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil) (2017.02.15 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R. (85)
(1991.03.06 – 2017.02.15)

Bishop emeritus of Tianguá (Brazil)

Bonus eris minister

Born:	1941.01.13 (Cascante, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1965.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.05.19

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil) (1991.03.06 – 2017.02.15)

Bishop Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap.
(1971.03.13 – 1990.03.20)

Ecce adsum

Born:	1928.03.20 (Canindé, CE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.07.04
Died:	1990.03.20 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 62)

Bishop of Tianguá (Brazil) (1971.03.13 – 1990.03.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sant’Ana, Tianguá, Ceará
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (29)

Parnaíba (↖), Sobral (→), Crateús (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,680 km²

Population: 409,000 Catholics (81.8% of 500,060 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes

Personnel: 48 priests (43 diocesan, 5 religious), 9 deacons, 53 religious (13 brothers, 40 sisters), 15 seminarians