Suffragan diocese Petrolina, Brazil
Diocese of Petrolina
Petrolinen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Petrolina in Pernambuco was erected on November 30, 1923, separated from the Diocese of Pesqueira. Bishop Antonio Carlos Cruz Santos, a Missionary of the Sacred Heart, was appointed in April 2024 and installed on June 29, 2024.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1923
- Catholics
- 369,000
- Priests
- 34
- Territory
- 31,065 km²
Parishes and churches
21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo ReiPetrolina · CathedralView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaPetrolinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AuxiliadoraLagoa GrandeView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoSanta Maria da Boa VistaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresRajadaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresPetrolinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoSanta Maria da Boa VistaView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos RemédiosSanta CruzView parish
- Nossa Senhora Rainha dos AnjosPetrolinaView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaPetrolinaView parish
- Santa LuziaPetrolinaView parish
- Santa TeresinhaPetrolinaView parish
- São Francisco das ÁguasPetrolinaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisPetrolinaView parish
- São GonçaloPetrolinaView parish
- São JoséDormentesView parish
- São José OperárioPetrolinaView parish
- São João BatistaAfrânioView parish
- São João BatistaPetrolinaView parish
- São Paulo ApóstoloPetrolinaView parish
- São SebastiãoOrocóView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos
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The cathedral
Catedral do Sagrado Coracao de Jesus e Cristo Rei stands in Petrolina, 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
In the state of Pernambuco in Southern Brazil, the Diocese of Petrolina (Latin: Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a Latin Church territory suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife. Its cathedra stands in the Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ the King, in the episcopal see of Petrolina.