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

Caruaru, Diocese of

CARUARÙ, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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CARUARU, Diocese of. - City and diocese of Brazil, in the State of Pernambuco, suffragan of Olinda and Recife, erected by Pope Pius XII on 7 Aug. 1948 with the apostolic constitution Quae maiori, detaching from the archdiocese of Olinda and Recife eleven parishes and one parish from the diocese of Nazareth and part of the parish of Riacho das Almas of the diocese of Pesqueira.

The new diocese has its seat in C.; the church of the Blessed Virgin of Sorrows has been elevated to a cathedral. Provision is being made for the erection of a small seminary and for the sending of one or two students to the Pontifical Brazilian College in Rome.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS. 41 (1949), pp. 311-13.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), coll. 960–961.

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Josi, Enrico. “Caruarù, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 960–961. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caruaru-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Caruarù, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 960–961. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caruaru-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec3_caruaru_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Caruarù, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {960--961},
  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/caruaru-diocesi-di}
}

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