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Suffragan diocese Baturité, Brazil

Diocese of Baturité

The Diocese of Baturité is a Latin Church diocese in Ceará, Brazil, newly erected on 1 January 2026 from territory of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza and comprising 14 municipalities. It is a suffragan of Fortaleza, with Bishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap., as its first ordinary.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Palm, in Baturité, Brazil.

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Established
2026
Catholics
205,770
Priests
39
Territory
7,072 km²

Parishes and churches

22 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
Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Palm stands in Baturité, 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.