Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Mossorò, Diocese of

MOSSORÒ, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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MOSSORÒ, DIOCESE of - City and diocese in the State of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. Over an area of 18,365 sq km it has 400,000 inhabitants, of whom 350,000 are Catholics; it has 16 parishes, served by 13 diocesan priests and 20 regulars, a seminary, 4 male religious communities and 5 female.

The diocese was created by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Pro ecclesiarum omnium of 28 July 1934, by splitting off from the diocese of Natal. The first bishop was Msgr. J. de Barros Camara from 1936 to 1941, in which year he was transferred to Belem do Pará. The current one is Msgr. G. B. Portocarrero Costa, since 8 Dec. 1943. It is a suffragan of Paraíba. The Cathedral is dedicated to St. Lucy. The patroness of the diocese is the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

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BIBL.: AAS, 27 (1935), pp. 325-28; O Brasil católico 1947, Juiz de Fora, 1947, pp. 322-34.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 1481.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Mossorò, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1481. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/mossoro-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Mossorò, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1481. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/mossoro-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec8_mossoro_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Mossorò, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {1481},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/mossoro-diocesi-di}
}

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