Suffragan diocese Crateús, Brazil
Diocese of Crateús
Crateopolitan(us)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- Senhor do BonfimCrateús · CathedralView parish
- Jesus, Maria, JoséPorangaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoIpueirasView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Imaculada ConceiçãoQuiterianópolisView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasNova RussasView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioTauáView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusIpaporangaView parish
- Santo AnastácioSucessoView parish
- Senhora Sant’AnaIndependênciaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisNovo OrienteView parish
- São PedroParambuView parish
- São SebastiãoMonsenhor TabosaView parish
- São Vicente de PauloArarendáView parish
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.