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Suffragan diocese Campina Grande, Brazil

Diocese of Campina Grande

Campinae Grandis

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Campina Grande, Brazil.

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Established
1949
Catholics
704,000
Priests
117
Territory
20,451 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Dom Dulcênio Fontes de Matos

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Campina Grande, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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