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Suffragan diocese Crato, Brazil

Diocese of Crato

Craten(sis)

The Diocese of Crato is a Latin Church diocese in the Cariri region of southern Ceara, Brazil, erected in 1914 from the then Diocese of Ceara. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with its see at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Penha in Crato.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora da Penha, in Crato, Brazil.

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Established
1914
Catholics
1,015,082
Priests
124
Territory
18,645 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
Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap.

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The cathedral

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

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