Suffragan diocese Pesqueira, Brazil
Diocese of Pesqueira
Pesqueiren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1910
- Catholics
- 401,000
- Priests
- 44
- Territory
- 10,065 km²
Parishes and churches
24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa ÁguedaPesqueira · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ReiPesqueiraView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoPesqueiraView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoAlagoinhaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoArcoverdeView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoFazenda NovaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoPedraView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoSertâniaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da SaúdeBelo JardimView parish
- Nossa Senhora das MontanhasCimbresView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Bom ConselhoBelo JardimView parish
- Nossa Senhora do LivramentoAldeia GuardaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusSanharóView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusSertâniaView parish
- Santa ClaraTupanatingaView parish
- São CristóvãoArcoverdeView parish
- São DomingosSão DomingosView parish
- São Félix de CantaliceBuíqueView parish
- São Geraldo MajellaArcoverdeView parish
- São JoséCruzeiro do NordesteView parish
- São JoséBrejo da Madre de DeusView parish
- São JoséVenturosaView parish
- São Pedro e São Paulo ApóstolosBelo JardimView parish
- São SebastiãoJataúbaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José Luiz Ferreira Salles
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The cathedral
Catedral Santa Agueda stands in Pesqueira, 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
Within the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Pesqueirensis) is centered on the city of Pesqueira.