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.
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- 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.
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.