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Diocese of Pesqueira
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Originally erected as the Diocese of Floresta in 1910, it was renamed the Diocese of Pesqueira in 1918. Located in Pernambuco, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and is led by Bishop Jose Luiz Ferreira Salles, a Redemptorist.
- Bishop
- José Luiz Ferreira Salles
- Latin name
- Pesqueiren(sis)
- Established
- 1910
- Cathedral
- Catedral Santa Agueda
- Patron
- Saint Agatha
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Olinda e Recife (Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife)
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Rua Cardeal Arcoverde 23, 55200-000 Pesqueira, PE, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [087]3835-1562
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Garanhuns 71 km
- Diocese of Caruaru 94 km
- Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira 111 km
- Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios 121 km
- Diocese of Paraíba 136 km
- Diocese of Palmares 142 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora das Montanhas · Cimbres <1 km
- Nossa Senhora do Livramento · Aldeia Guarda 3 km
- Cristo Rei · Pesqueira 15 km
- Imaculada Conceição · Pesqueira 15 km
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição · Alagoinha 15 km
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição · Pedra 21 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002586 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08