Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Caicò, Diocese of

CAICÒ, DIOCESI DI

By Maurilio Cesar de Lima

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CAICÒ, Diocese of. - In the State of Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil, suffragan of Paraíba, situated in the central-southern part of the State, in a hot but rich zone for cattle raising and tobacco production.

It has an area of 8,140 sq km and 112,609 inhabitants. C., a city since 1938, is 135 m above sea level and has 25,000 inhabitants.

The diocese was erected by Pius XI with the apostolic constitution E dioecesibus of 25 Nov. 1939, by dismemberment of that of Natal. It has 9 parishes and about twenty diocesan priests. The titular of the diocese and cathedral is St. Anne.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: AAS, 39 (1940), p. 141; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 73-75.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 299.

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Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Caicò, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 299. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caico-diocesi-di.

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Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Caicò, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 299. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caico-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec3_caico_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Cesar, de Lima Maurilio},
  title     = {Caicò, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {299},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/caico-diocesi-di}
}

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