Diocese of Campina Grande
Campinae Grandis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Campina Grande, Brazil
The Diocese of Campina Grande is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, created on 14 May 1949 from the Archdiocese of Paraíba, to which it is suffragan. Its cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, and it is led by Bishop Dulcênio Fontes de Matos since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 May 1949
- Latin
- Campinae Grandis
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001034
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 704,000
- Population
- 830,118
- Catholic share
- 84.8%
- Priests
- 117
- Catholics per priest
- 6,017
- Extent
- 20,451 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34
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 Dulcênio Fontes de Matos
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 Conceição stands in Campina Grande, 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 CajazeirasCajazeiras
- Diocese of GuarabiraGuarabira
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Northeastern Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Paraíba includes the suffragan Latin Diocese of Campina Grande (Latin: Dioecesis Campinae Grandis). The see, presently vacant, has its cathedral in the city of Campina Grande: the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
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].