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Diocese of Mossoró
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The Diocese of Mossoro is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, erected in 1934 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Natal. Its current ordinary is Bishop Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm., appointed in 2023.
- Bishop
- Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista
- Latin name
- Mossoren(sis)
- Erected
- 28 July 1934
- Cathedral
- Catedral de Santa Luzia
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Natal (Archdiocese of Natal)
- Chancery
- C.P. 16, Praça Coração de Jesus 2, 59600-022 Mossoró, RN, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [084]3314-7255
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte 84 km
- Diocese of Caicó 144 km
- Diocese of Quixadá 192 km
- Diocese of Baturité 196 km
- Diocese of Patos 204 km
- Diocese of Fortaleza 209 km
Parishes near the see
- Menino Jesus · Mossoró 1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição · Mossoró 1 km
- Nossa Senhora de Fátima · Mossoró 1 km
- Santa Teresinha · Mossoró 1 km
- São João Batista · Mossoró 1 km
- São José Operário · Mossoró 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001002300 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08