Diocese of Guarabira
Guarabiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Guarabira, Brazil
Diocese in Guarabira, Paraiba, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Paraiba. Established on 11 October 1980. The see is sede vacante after Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos was transferred to Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas in February 2026, with Father Elias Sales elected diocesan administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 1980
- Latin
- Guarabiren(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Luz
- Annuario code
- 001001539
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 435,000
- Population
- 414,000
- Priests
- 59
- Catholics per priest
- 7,373
- Extent
- 4,553 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 96
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Edilson Soares Nobre
- Born
- 9 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Touros
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz stands in Guarabira, 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.
The province of Paraíba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Paraíba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CajazeirasCajazeiras
- Diocese of Campina GrandeCampina Grande
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Guarabira, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Paraíba in Brazil, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Guarabirensis.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].