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Suffragan diocese Salgueiro, Brazil

Diocese of Salgueiro

Salicen(sis)

Latin Church diocese in the sertão of Pernambuco, with its see in Salgueiro, established in 2010 from the Dioceses of Floresta and Petrolina. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de Santo Antônio, in Salgueiro, Brazil.

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Established
2010
Catholics
351,534
Priests
38
Territory
17,931 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
José Vicente Pinto de Alencar da Silva

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The cathedral

Catedral de Santo Antônio stands in Salgueiro, 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

Seated in the city of Salgueiro, this Brazilian diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife.