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Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, both in Ceará state, northeast Brazil.

History
• Established on 7 May 1938 as Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte by Pius XI's papal bulla Ad dominicum cuiusvis, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Fortaleza. == Statistics ==
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 489,000 Catholics (90.4% of 541,000 total) on 18,440 km2 in 25 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (28 diocesan, 13 religious), 73 lay religious (18 brothers, 55 sisters) and 9 seminarians. ==Bishops==
Bishops
(all Roman rite) Episcopal ordinaries ;Suffragan Bishops of Limoeiro do NorteAureliano 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 bishopJosé Freire Falcão (1967); future Cardinal Other priest of this diocese who became bishopJosé Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago, appointed Bishop of Iguatú, Ceara in 1961 == See also ==
Sources and external links
• GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo - data for all sections • Catholic Hierarchy
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