Suffragan diocese Sobral, Brazil
Diocese of Sobral
Sobralen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese in Ceará, Brazil, erected in 1915 from the Diocese of Ceará. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza, with José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos as bishop since 2015.
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- Established
- 1915
- Catholics
- 777,000
- Priests
- 74
- Territory
- 18,920 km²
Parishes and churches
44 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sant’AnaSantana do AcaraúView parish
- Sant’AnaVarjotaView parish
- São FranciscoCruzView parish
- São FranciscoCaiçaraView parish
- São FranciscoForquilhaView parish
- São FranciscoRafael ArrudaView parish
- São João BatistaAcaraúView parish
- São João BatistaAranaúView parish
- São João BatistaPacujáView parish
- São Luís GonzagaPadre LinharesView parish
- São ManuelJordãoView parish
- São Paulo ApóstoloSobralView parish
- São SebastiãoIpuView parish
- São SebastiãoAcaraúView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Sobral, 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 ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sobralensis, Portuguese: Diocese de Sobral) has its seat in the city of Sobral.
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