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Suffragan diocese Quixadá, Brazil

Diocese of Quixadá

Quixaden(sis)

The Diocese of Quixada is a Latin Church see in Ceara, Brazil, erected in 1971 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Fortaleza. Bishop Aurelio Pinto de Sousa was installed as its fourth bishop in August 2023.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de Jesus, Maria e José, in Quixadá, Brazil.

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Established
1971
Catholics
281,000
Priests
43
Territory
14,846 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
Aurélio Pinto de Sousa

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The cathedral

Catedral de Jesus, Maria e José stands in Quixadá, 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

The city of Quixadá in Brazil hosts the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Quixadensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza.