(all
Roman rite)
Episcopal ordinaries ;
Suffragan Bishops of Limoeiro do Norte •
Aureliano de Matos (1940.01.30 – death 1967.08.19), no previous prelature •
José Freire Falcão (1967.08.19 – 1971.11.25), succeeding as previous
Titular Bishop of
Vardimissa (1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19) as
Coadjutor Bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (1967.04.24 – 1967.08.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Teresina (Brazil) (1971.11.25 – 1984.02.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Brasília (Brazil) (1984.02.15 – 2004.01.28), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1987 – 1991), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Luca a Via Prenestina (1988.06.28 – ...) • Pompeu Bezerra Bessa (1973.01.25 – death 1994.05.18), died 2000 •
Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (1994.05.18 – retired 1998.05.06), previously
Titular Bishop of
Vicus Cæsaris (1966.08.08 – 1994.05.18) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1966.08.08 – 1974.07.03) and as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1974.07.03 – 1994.05.18), also
Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Limoeiro do Norte (1992 – 1994.05.18) •
José Haring,
O.F.M. (2000.01.19 – retired 2017.05.10) •
André Vital Félix da Silva,
Dehonians (S.C.I.) (2017.05.10 – ...).
Coadjutor bishop •
José Freire Falcão (1967); future Cardinal
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop •
José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago, appointed Bishop of Iguatú, Ceara in 1961 == See also ==