Suffragan diocese Quixadá, Brazil
Diocese of Quixadá
Quixaden(sis)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- Jesus, Maria, JoséPalmatória · CathedralView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoMadalenaView parish
- Menino DeusItatiraView parish
- Nossa Senhora AuxiliadoraCustódioView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Boa ViagemBoa ViagemView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoItapiúnaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da GuiaBoa ViagemView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaBanabuiúView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaBoa ViagemView parish
- Nossa Senhora de NazaréCapistranoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoLagoa do MatoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpetuo SocorroNenelândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora Imaculada Rainha do SertãoQuixadáView parish
- Santa TeresinhaQuixadáView parish
- Santo AntônioQuixeramobimView parish
- São Francisco de AssisMaravilhaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisQuixadáView parish
- São JoséItapiúnaView parish
- São João Batista e Santa EdwigesQuixadáView parish
- São Miguel ArcanjoQuixeramobimView parish
- São SebastiãoChoróView parish
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.