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Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
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The Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Alagoas, erected in 1962 within the ecclesiastical province of Maceió. The see became vacant (sede vacante) in March 2026 after Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho was transferred to the Diocese of Castanhal.
- Latin name
- Palmirien(sis) Indorum
- Erected
- 10 February 1962
- Cathedral
- Catedral Nossa Senhora do Amparo
- Patron
- Our Lady of Amparo
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Maceió (Archdiocese of Maceió)
- Catholics
- 603,000
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Praça Mons. Macedo 190, 57600-480 Palmeira dos Índios, AL, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [082]3421-3425
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Garanhuns 59 km
- Diocese of Propriá 92 km
- Diocese of Penedo 98 km
- Maceió 102 km
- Diocese of Pesqueira 121 km
- Diocese of Palmares 140 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora das Graças · Palmeira dos Índios <1 km
- Nossa Senhora Divina Pastora · Palmeira dos Índios <1 km
- São Cristóvão · Palmeira dos Índios <1 km
- São Sebastião · Palmeira dos Índios <1 km
- São Vicente de Paulo · Palmeira dos Índios <1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Saúde · Igaci 14 km
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Sources: Wikipedia + CNBB/Vatican News · Annuario code 001002525 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08