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Suffragan diocese Crateús, Brazil

Diocese of Crateús

Crateopolitan(us)

The Diocese of Crateus is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Ceara, Brazil, erected in 1963 from territory of the dioceses of Iguatu and Sobral. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with its cathedral in Crateus.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Senhor do Bonfim, in Crateús, Brazil.

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Established
1963
Catholics
336,317
Priests
27
Territory
21,817 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Ailton Menegussi
Born
5 November 1962
Birthplace
Nova Venécia

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The cathedral

Catedral Senhor do Bonfim stands in Crateús, 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.

History

Crateús, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese that carries the Latin name Dioecesis Crateopolitana.