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Suffragan diocese Petrolina, Brazil

Diocese of Petrolina

Petrolinen(sis)

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

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The address the register holds for Catedral do Sagrado Coracao de Jesus e Cristo Rei, in Petrolina, Brazil.

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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.

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.