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Diocese of Palmares
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The Diocese of Palmares is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Pernambuco, erected in 1962. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife and led by Bishop Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M., who took office in 2021.
- Bishop
- Fernando Barbosa dos Santos
- Latin name
- Palmopolitan(us)
- Erected
- 13 January 1962
- Cathedral
- Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Montes
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Conception
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Olinda e Recife (Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife)
- Chancery
- C.P. 77, Rua da Conceição 1198, 55540-000 Palmares, PE, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [081]98178-7893
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Caruaru 61 km
- Diocese of Garanhuns 102 km
- Diocese of Olinda e Recife 104 km
- Maceió 109 km
- Diocese of Nazaré 112 km
- Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios 140 km
Parishes near the see
- Santa Luzia · Palmares <1 km
- Santa Quitéria · Palmares <1 km
- São José da Agonia · Água Preta 7 km
- São José · Joaquim Nabuco 9 km
- São Sebastião · Xexéu 14 km
- Sant’Ana · Catende 14 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002521 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08