Diocese of Cajazeiras
Caiazeirasen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cajazeiras, Brazil
The Diocese of Cajazeiras is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Paraíba. It has been led by Bishop Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R., who was appointed in April 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 February 1914
- Latin
- Caiazeirasen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
- Annuario code
- 001001012
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 528,000
- Population
- 533,909
- Catholic share
- 98.9%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 6,857
- Extent
- 13,934 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Dom Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R.
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 Nossa Senhora da Piedade stands in Cajazeiras, 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 Paraíba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paraíba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Campina GrandeCampina Grande
- Diocese of GuarabiraGuarabira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Cajazeiras, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Paraíba, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese that bears the Latin name Dioecesis Caiazeirasensis.
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].