Diocese of Pesqueira
Pesqueiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pesqueira, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1910
- Latin
- Pesqueiren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Agatha
- Annuario code
- 001002586
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 401,000
- Population
- 410,200
- Catholic share
- 97.8%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 9,114
- Extent
- 10,065 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 40
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José Luiz Ferreira Salles
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Olinda e Recife
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Afogados da IngazeiraAfogados da Ingazeira
- Diocese of CaruaruCaruaru
- Diocese of FlorestaFloresta
- Diocese of GaranhunsGaranhuns
- Diocese of NazaréNazaré
- Archdiocese of Olinda e RecifeOlinda e Recife
- Diocese of PalmaresPalmares
- Diocese of PetrolinaPetrolina
- Diocese of SalgueiroSalgueiro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Pesqueirensis) is centered on the city of Pesqueira.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].