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Diocese of Campina Grande

Dioecesis Campinae Grandis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 14 May 1949
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Paraíba
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Paraiba
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 19,878 (7,677 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 2
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Afonso Campos 251, 58400-235 Campina Grande, PB, Brazil
  • Telephone: (083)3321-4199
  • Fax: 3321-0492

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
14 May 1949ErectedArchdiocese of Paraíba (Texeira, Batalhao, Monteiro, Sumé, Garoà, Itamorotinga, Caraïbeiras, Cabaceiras, Ibiapinopolis, Picui, Pedra Lavrada, Cuité, Esperança, Alagôa Nova, N. S. da Gonceiçâo, N. S. da Rosario, Iofili, Tataguassú, and Fagundes) Diocese of Campina Grande (erected)
17 January 1959Territory AddedArchdiocese of Paraíba (Aroeiras and Umbuzeiro) Diocese of Campina Grande
17 January 1959Territory LostDiocese of Cajazeiras (Malta, Princesa Isabel, Santa Luzia, and São Mamede along with St. Anthony and St. Anne in Piancó)
Diocese of Campina Grande (Taperoá and Teixeira along with Junco do Seridó in Santa Luzia)
Diocese of Patos (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949411,000.0%2424019ap1951
1956460,000465,00098.9%26103612,7771125ap1960
1961510,000520,00098.1%2735628,2252910025ap1967
1970345,000600,00057.5%171720,294329ap1971
1976377,000665,00056.7%2025458,37734811830ap1977
1980700,000750,00093.3%20234316,27933211531ap1981
1990864,000925,00093.4%17193624,0003912030ap1991
1999771,000886,00087.0%25224716,4043415332ap2000
2000780,000897,00087.0%26204616,95623215333ap2001
2001720,000830,11886.7%26204615,65233213634ap2002
2002720,000830,11886.7%30205014,40023213834ap2003
2003720,000830,11886.7%33225513,09023813534ap2004
2006730,286841,97786.7%35245912,37717310236ap2007
2013800,000921,00086.9%6322859,4111666550ap2014
2016821,000944,00087.0%7620968,5523475257ap2017
2019840,400966,35087.0%87211087,7812613064ap2020
2021877,4401,009,25386.9%91919,64227143060ap2022
2023704,0001,022,00068.9%97201176,01728354070ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 41, Page 536, to Page 539
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 382, and Page 383

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