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Suffragan diocese Caruaru, Brazil

Diocese of Caruaru

Caruaruen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Caruaru is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Pernambuco state, northeastern Brazil, established in 1948 from the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. Its cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores, in Caruaru, Brazil.

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Established
1948
Catholics
610,281
Priests
90
Territory
5,687 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores stands in Caruaru, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil, the Diocese of Caruaru (Latin: Dioecesis Caruaruensis) was carved from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife when it was established on August 7, 1948.

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