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Suffragan diocese Palmares, Brazil

Diocese of Palmares

Palmopolitan(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Palmares is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Pernambuco, erected in 1962. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife and led by Bishop Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M., who took office in 2021.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Montes, in Palmares, Brazil.

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Established
1962
Catholics
261,224
Priests
34
Territory
3,797 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Fernando Barbosa dos Santos

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Montes stands in Palmares, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Palmares is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Palmopolitana), part of the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.

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