Catholic ecclesiastical territory
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá (Latin: Dioecesis Propriensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Aracaju in Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santo Antônio, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, in the city of Propriá, also in Sergipe.
History
- Established on April 30, 1960 as Diocese of Propriá, on territory split off from its simultaneously promoted mother see, the (newly Arch)Diocese of Aracaju.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 334,500 Catholics (97.4% of 343,600 total) on 8,181 km² in 25 parishes with 30 priests (29 diocesan, 1 religious), 40 lay religious (1 brother, 39 sisters) and 9 seminarians.[1]
Bishops
(all Roman rite)[2]
Episcopal ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of Propriá
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
See also
References
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