Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Limoeiro, Diocese of

LIMOEIRO, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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LIMOEIRO, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Ceará in Brazil.

Over an area of approximately 20,000 sq km, the diocese has 295,000 inhabitants, of whom 260,000 are Catholics, distributed in 12 parishes, served by 19 diocesan priests and 8 religious; it has 1 seminary, 1 male religious community and 4 female ones.

The diocese was created by Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Ad Dominicum of 8 May 1938, by dismemberment of the archdiocese of Fortaleza. The church dedicated to the B. Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception was elevated to cathedral. The diocese is a suffragan of Fortaleza.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 30 (1938), pp. 334-36.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1362.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Limoeiro, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1362. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/limoeiro-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Limoeiro, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1362. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/limoeiro-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Limoeiro, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1362},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/limoeiro-diocesi-di}
}

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