Roman Catholic Diocese of Petrolina

The Diocese of Petrolina (Latin: Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Souther Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.

Diocese of Petrolina

Dioecesis Petrolinensis
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ the King
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceOlinda e Recife
Statistics
Area31,065 km2 (11,994 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
650,000
585,000 (90.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 November 1923 (99 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco Canindé Palhano
Metropolitan ArchbishopFernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.
Bishops emeritusPaulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm.
Manoel dos Reis de Farias
Website
www.diocesedepetrolina.org.br

Its cathedra is in Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ the King, in the episcopal see of Petrolina in the state of Pernambuco.

History

Statistics

As of 2015, it pastorally served 350,500 Catholics (83.0% of 422,100 total population) on 16,260 km² in 23 parishes and 2 missions with 25 priests (22 diocesan, 3 religious), 28 lay religious (3 brothers, 25 sisters) and 18 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

Bishops of Petrolina
  • Antônio Malan, Salesians (S.D.B.) (born Italy, the only foreign incumbent) (1924.01.03 – death 1931.10.28); previously Titular Bishop of Amisus (1914.05.25 – 1924.01.03) as Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia (Brazil) (1914.05.25 – 1924.01.03)
  • Idílio José Soares (1932.09.16 – 1943.06.12): next Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1943.06.12 – 1966.11.21), retired as Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia (1966.11.21 – death 1969.12.10)
  • Avelar Brandão Vilela (1946.06.13 – 1955.11.05); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (1955.11.05 – 1971.03.25), Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1964 – 1968), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1965 – 1966), President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1966 – 1972), Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1971 – 1974), Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1971.03.25 – death 1986.12.19), Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1973.03.05 – 1986.12.19)
  • Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. (1956.12.18 – retired 1975.02.06), died 1988; previously Titular Bishop of Sesta (1950.06.15 – 1956.12.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Cuiaba (Brazil) (1950.06.15 – 1956.12.18)
  • Gerardo de Andrade Ponte (1975.02.06 – 1983.12.05): next Bishop of Patos (Brazil) (1983.12.05 – retired 2001.08.08), died 2006
  • Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. (1984.11.30 – retired 2011.07.27)
  • Manoel dos Reis de Farias (2011.07.27 - retired 2017.07.12), previously Bishop of Patos (2001.08.08 – 2011.07.27)
  • Francisco Canindé Palhano (2018.01.03 – ...), previously Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (2006.07.26 – 2018.01.03).

See also

Sources and references


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