Suffragan diocese Afogados da Ingazeira, Brazil
Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira
Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Nossa Senhora da PenhaSerra Talhada · CathedralView parish
- Senhor Bom Jesus dos RemédiosAfogados da Ingazeira · CathedralView parish
- Bom Jesus RessuscitadoSerra TalhadaView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoFloresView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoCalumbiView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresSão José do BelmonteView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresTriunfoView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesSerra TalhadaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroSanta Cruz da Baixa VerdeView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioSerra TalhadaView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos RemédiosTabiraView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusTriunfoView parish
- Santa TerezinhaSanta TerezinhaView parish
- Santo Antônio e São João Maria VianneyCarnaíbaView parish
- Senhor Bom Jesus dos RemédiosAfogados da IngazeiraView parish
- São Francisco de AssisAfogados da IngazeiraView parish
- São JoséSão José do BelmonteView parish
- São JoséIngazeiraView parish
- São JoséSão José do EgitoView parish
- São João BatistaMirandibaView parish
- São Judas TadeuSão José do EgitoView parish
- São Judas TadeuAfogados da IngazeiraView parish
- São PedroItapetimView parish
- São SebastiãoQuixabaView parish
- São SebastiãoBrejinhoView parish
- São SebastiãoIguaraciView parish
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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.