Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira
Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Afogados da Ingazeira, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1956
- Latin
- Afogaden(sis) de Ingazeira
- Patron
- Saint Mary Magdalene
- Annuario code
- 001000603
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 381,000
- Population
- 342,207
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 11,206
- Extent
- 11,034 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 35
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Limacêdo Antônio da Silva
- Born
- 20 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Nazaré
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see 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.
The province of Olinda e Recife
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaruaruCaruaru
- Diocese of FlorestaFloresta
- Diocese of GaranhunsGaranhuns
- Diocese of NazaréNazaré
- Archdiocese of Olinda e RecifeOlinda e Recife
- Diocese of PalmaresPalmares
- Diocese of PesqueiraPesqueira
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
- Diocese of SalgueiroSalgueiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].