Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande (Latin: Dioecesis Campinae Grandis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba, in northeastern Brazil.
Diocese of Campina Grande Dioecesis Campinae Grandis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  |
| Ecclesiastical province | Paraíba |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 20,451 km2 (7,896 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2003) 830,118 720,000 (86.7%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 14 May 1949 (71 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Dulcênio Fontes de Matos |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M.Cap. |
| Website | |
| www.diocesedecampinagrande.org | |
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the city of Campina Grande.
It is vacant.
History
- Established on May 14, 1949 as Diocese of Campina Grande, on territory split off from the Archdiocese of Paraíba, its Metropolitan since.
- Lost territory on 1959.01.17 to establish the Diocese of Patos.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 807,000 Catholics (87.0% of 928,000 total) on 20,051 km² in 52 parishes with 92 priests (69 diocesan, 23 religious), 1 deacon, 131 lay religious (67 brothers, 64 sisters) and 25 seminarians.
Bishops
(all Latin Rite)
Episcopal ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of Campina Grande
- Anselmo Pietrulla, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Poland) (1949.06.18 – 1955.05.11), next Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1955.05.11 – retired 1981.09.17), died 1992; previously Apostolic Administrator of then Territorial Prelature of Santarem (Brazil, now a diocese) (1941 – 1947.12.13), Titular Bishop of Conana (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18) as Bishop-Prelate of above Santarém (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18), Apostolic Administrator of Territorial Prelature of Macapá (Brazil) (1949 – 1950.01.14)
- Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar (1956.02.24 – 1962.07.04) (first Brazilian incumbent), next Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (1962.07.04 – retired 1978.03.29), died 2004; previously Titular Bishop of Gergis (1954.11.06 – 1956.02.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1954.11.06 – 1956.02.24)
- Manuel Pereira da Costa (1962.08.23 – retired 1981.05.20), died 2006; previously Titular Bishop of Knin (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Paraíba (Brazil) (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20), Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)
- Luís Gonzaga Fernandes (1981.07.09 – 2001.08.29), died 2003; previously Titular Bishop of Mididi (1965.11.06 – 1981.07.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Vitória (Brazil) (1965.11.06 – 1981.07.09)
- Matias Patrício de Macêdo (2001.08.29 – 2003.11.26), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (2003.11.26 – 2011.12.21); previously Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (1990.07.12 – 2000.07.12), Coadjutor Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (2000.07.12 – succession 2001.08.29)
- Jaime Vieira Rocha (2005.02.16 – 2011.12.21); previously Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (1995.11.29 – 2005.02.16); next Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (2011.12.21 – ...)
- Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (O.F.M.Cap.) (2012.08.08 - 2017.03.08), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (2017.03.08 – ...); formerly Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (2006.07.05 – 2012.08.08)
- Dulcênio Fontes de Matos (2017.10.11 - present); previously Titular Bishop of Cozyla as Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú (in Sergipe) (2001.04.18 - 2006.07.12), Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (in Alagoas) (2006.07.12 - 2017.10.11)
Coadjutor bishop
- Matias Patrício de Macêdo (2001-2003)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Genival Saraiva de França, appointed Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco in 2000
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