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Diocese of Quixadá

Dioecesis Quixadensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Aurélio Pinto de Sousa, Bishop
  • Ângelo Pignoli, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 March 1971
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Fortaleza
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Ceara
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 13,874 (5,358 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 1
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesedequixada.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Basilio Pinto 1149, Bairro Combate, C.P. 34, 63903-415 Quixada, CE, Brazil
  • Telephone: (088)3412-0548
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 March 1971ErectedArchdiocese of Fortaleza (Boa Viagem, Capistrano, Itapiúna, Itatira, Quixadá, and Quixeramobi) Diocese of Quixadá (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1976247,268258,55295.6%661220,6056487ap1977
1980302,000319,00094.7%551030,2006558ap1981
1990299,000315,00094.9%1051519,93365512ap1991
1999340,000355,00095.8%991818,888134112ap2000
2000345,000360,00095.8%1692513,800124112ap2001
2001258,178281,28991.8%1492311,225164113ap2002
2002213,136282,44175.5%177248,880136913ap2003
2003200,968282,44171.2%227296,929126419ap2004
2004254,419282,72490.0%237308,480127014ap2005
2010281,000313,00089.8%375426,690165419ap2011
2014294,000328,70089.4%363397,538134820ap2015
2017303,320339,97289.2%386446,893185320ap2018
2020309,800347,80989.1%3910496,322143720ap2021
2022342,000352,00097.2%394437,953103821ap2023

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 63, Page 803, to Page 805

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