Suffragan diocese Iguatu, Brazil
Diocese of Iguatu
Iguatuvin(us)
Latin Church
Diocese in Iguatu, Ceara, erected on 28 January 1961 by Pope John XXIII, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Fortaleza. The current bishop is Dom Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R., serving since 2022.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1961
- Catholics
- 498,000
- Priests
- 47
- Territory
- 21,904 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Senhora Sant’AnaIguatu · CathedralView parish
- São JoséIcó · CathedralView parish
- Bom Jesus AparecidoSolonópoleView parish
- Bom Jesus PiedosoQuixelôView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoIguatuView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoFlamengoView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoMilhãView parish
- Menino Jesus de PragaSenador PompeuView parish
- Nossa Senhora AuxiliadoraCariúsView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ExpectaçãoIcóView parish
- Nossa Senhora da GlóriaMombaçaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PazArneirozView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PurificaçãoSaboeiroView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresSenador PompeuView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasIguatuView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoJucásView parish
- Nossa Senhora do PatrocínioAiuabaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroAcopiaraView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroIguatuView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroMinerolândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroMombaçaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroOrósView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioIcóView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaSaboeiroView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusPiquet CarneiroView parish
- São Francisco de AssisAcopiaraView parish
- São JoséCatarinaView parish
- São João BatistaCedroView parish
- São Pedro ApóstoloSão José de SolonópoleView parish
- São Raimundo NonatoSanta Cruz do BanabuiúView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Dom Geraldo Freire Soares, C.SS.R.
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The cathedral
Catedral São José stands in Iguatu, 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
Iguatu, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil, gives its name to this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Iguatuvinus.