Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Paraíba | |||
27 April 1892 | Erected | Diocese of Olinda | Diocese of Paraíba (erected) |
29 December 1909 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paraíba | Diocese of Natal (erected) |
5 December 1910 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Paraíba (from São Salvador da Bahia) | |
6 February 1914 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paraíba (Western part) | Diocese of Cajazeiras (erected) |
Archdiocese of Paraíba | |||
6 February 1914 | Elevated | Diocese of Paraíba | Archdiocese of Paraíba |
14 May 1949 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese 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 1959 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paraíba (Aroeiras and Umbuzeiro) | Diocese of Campina Grande |
11 October 1980 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paraíba (Guarabira, Alagoinha, Araçagi, Arara, Araruna, Bananeiras, Beiern, Borborema, Cacimba de Dentro, Caiçara, Cuitegí, Dona Ines, Duas Estradas, Lagôa de Dentro, Mari, Mulungú, Pilöes, Pilöezinhos, Pirpirituba, Serra da Raiz, Serraría, Solânea, and Tacima) | Diocese of Guarabira (erected) |
20 November 1999 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Paraíba (Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceiçâo (in Areia), Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem (in Alagoa Grande), and Nossa Senhora do Patrocinio (in Remigio)) | Diocese of Guarabira |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of Paraíba | ||||||||||||
1948 | 950,000 | 1,000,000 | 95.0% | 72 | 36 | 108 | 8,796 | 60 | 179 | 53 | ap1948 | |
1965 | 912,000 | 967,000 | 94.3% | 52 | 22 | 74 | 12,324 | 7 | 305 | 42 | ap1967 | |
1968 | 950,000 | 1,100,000 | 86.4% | 49 | 30 | 79 | 12,025 | 35 | 312 | 30 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 857,761 | 1,143,709 | 75.0% | 10 | 17 | 27 | 31,768 | 3 | 23 | 253 | 42 | ap1977 |
1980 | 923,000 | 1,233,000 | 74.9% | 39 | 20 | 59 | 15,644 | 5 | 33 | 232 | 44 | ap1981 |
1990 | 897,000 | 1,109,000 | 80.9% | 34 | 29 | 63 | 14,238 | 4 | 40 | 222 | 33 | ap1991 |
1999 | 870,000 | 1,689,460 | 51.5% | 62 | 39 | 101 | 8,613 | 8 | 70 | 257 | 48 | ap2000 |
2000 | 880,000 | 1,689,460 | 52.1% | 50 | 39 | 89 | 9,887 | 8 | 51 | 260 | 49 | ap2001 |
2001 | 800,600 | 1,539,460 | 52.0% | 75 | 38 | 113 | 7,084 | 8 | 67 | 240 | 48 | ap2002 |
2002 | 780,000 | 1,247,728 | 62.5% | 75 | 37 | 112 | 6,964 | 12 | 62 | 231 | 54 | ap2003 |
2003 | 1,044,100 | 1,282,844 | 81.4% | 72 | 35 | 107 | 9,757 | 17 | 55 | 230 | 58 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,030,416 | 1,240,022 | 83.1% | 84 | 30 | 114 | 9,038 | 16 | 37 | 238 | 59 | ap2005 |
2013 | 1,278,000 | 1,578,000 | 81.0% | 117 | 35 | 152 | 8,407 | 44 | 44 | 172 | 87 | ap2014 |
2016 | 1,313,000 | 1,590,472 | 82.6% | 107 | 35 | 142 | 9,246 | 41 | 42 | 198 | 87 | ap2017 |
2019 | 1,346,400 | 1,621,000 | 83.1% | 118 | 31 | 149 | 9,036 | 46 | 35 | 184 | 94 | ap2020 |
2021 | 1,066,688 | 1,631,271 | 65.4% | 130 | 33 | 163 | 6,544 | 55 | 38 | 173 | 94 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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