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Suffragan diocese Afogados da Ingazeira, Brazil

Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira

Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira

The Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. It was established on July 2, 1956, from the Diocese of Pesqueira, and has been led by Bishop Limacêdo Antônio da Silva since 2023.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Senhor Bom Jesus dos Remédios, in Afogados da Ingazeira, Brazil.

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Established
1956
Catholics
381,000
Priests
34
Territory
11,034 km²

Parishes and churches

26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Limacêdo Antônio da Silva
Born
20 September 1960
Birthplace
Nazaré

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The cathedral

Catedral Senhor Bom Jesus dos Remédios stands in Afogados da Ingazeira, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife, the Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira (Latin: Dioecesis Afogadensis de Ingazeira) is seated in the city of the same name.