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.
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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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- Diocese de Guarabira celebrates Padre Ibiapina's 220th birthday
- Diocese celebrates 220 years of Padre Ibiapina's birth
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