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Suffragan diocese Guarabira, Brazil

Diocese of Guarabira

Guarabiren(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz, in Guarabira, Brazil.

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Established
1980
Catholics
435,000
Priests
59
Territory
4,553 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Apostolic Administrator
Edilson Soares Nobre
Born
9 May 1965
Birthplace
Touros

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The cathedral

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

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History

Guarabira, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Paraíba in Brazil, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Guarabirensis.

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