NAZARÉ, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Pernambuco in Brazil.
The diocese has an area of 5,556 sq km, with a population of 480,681 inhabitants. It has 22 parishes, served by 25 diocesan priests and 7 regulars, 1 male religious community (Carmelites) and 11 female ones. In the diocese there are 164 catechetical centers with 10,970 pupils. Catholic institutes include 25 primary schools, 6 middle schools and 3 normal schools. The diocese also has a weekly diocesan newspaper: La Gazzetta di N.
The diocese was created by Pope Benedict XV with the apostolic constitution Archidioecesis Olindensis-Recipensis of 2 Aug. 1918, by dismemberment of the archdiocese of Olinda, assigning to the new diocese of N. 18 parishes and elevating to cathedral the parish church of N. dedicated to Mary Most Holy. The diocese is a suffragan of Olinda.
Bibliography3 worksAAS, 13 (1921), pp. 463-66; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 240-43; Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 285.
BIBL.:AAS, 13 (1921), pp. 463-66; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 240-43; Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 285.
Calabria, Carlo. “Nazaré, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 1698–1699. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/nazare-diocesi-di.
MLA
Calabria, Carlo. “Nazaré, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1698–1699. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/nazare-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_nazare_diocesi_di,
author = {Calabria, Carlo},
title = {Nazaré, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {1698--1699},
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/nazare-diocesi-di}
}
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