Suffragan diocese Limoeiro do Norte, Brazil
Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte
Limoëiren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte is a Latin rite diocese in Ceará state, Brazil, erected in 1938 from the Archdiocese of Fortaleza and suffragan to it. The current bishop is André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I., and the cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
On the map
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- Established
- 1938
- Catholics
- 489,000
- Priests
- 40
- Territory
- 18,316 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçaoLimoeiro do Norte · CathedralView parish
- Bom Jesus da AgoniaErerêView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoLimoeiro do NorteView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoMorada NovaView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoPalhanoView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoIracemaView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoJaguaretamaView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoQuixeréView parish
- Menino DeusAlto SantoView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Boa ViagemItaiçabaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da SoledadeIcapuíView parish
- Nossa Senhora das BrotasTabuleiro do NorteView parish
- Nossa Senhora das CandeiasJaguaribeView parish
- Nossa Senhora do AmparoFortimView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroPotiretamaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioAracatiView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioRussasView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos RemédiosIbicuitingaView parish
- Riacho Santa RosaMorada NovaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusRussasView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaJaguaribaraView parish
- Santa TerezinhaJaguaribeView parish
- Santo AntônioMajorlândiaView parish
- Santos Cosme e DamiãoPereiroView parish
- Senhora Sant’AnaJaguaruanaView parish
- São João BatistaSão João do JaguaribeView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I.
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Limoeiro do Norte, 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
In Ceará state, in northeast Brazil, the Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte (Latin: Dioecesis Limoëirensis) serves as a Latin Rite suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, likewise in Ceará. Its episcopal seat is the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao in the city of Limoeiro do Norte, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.