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Suffragan diocese Borba, Brazil

Diocese of Borba

Borben(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Borba is a Latin Church diocese in Amazonas state, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature on July 13, 1963 and promoted to a diocese on November 18, 2022. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manaus.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Basílica Santo Antônio de Pádua, in Borba, Brazil.

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Established
1963
Catholics
155,000
Priests
8
Territory
170,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva, C.Ss.R.

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The cathedral

Catedral Basílica Santo Antônio de Pádua stands in Borba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Borba, a city in Amazonas, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Borbensis) that forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.

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