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

Paraíba, Diocese of

PARAÍBA, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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PARAÍBA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of P. in Brazil.

It has an area of 64,000 sq km with a population of 679,087 inhabitants, of whom 645,132 are Catholics, distributed in 34 parishes, served by 45 diocesan priests and 16 regulars, two seminaries, 16 male religious communities and 19 female ones (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 306).

The diocese was created by Pope Leo XIII on 27 July 1892, by splitting it off from the diocese of Olinda. The first bishop was Msgr. Adaucto de Miranda Henriques. On 6 Feb. 1914 Pope Bl. Pius X elevated it to a metropolitan see, giving it as suffragan dioceses those of Caicó, Cajazeiras, Campina Grande, Natal and Mossoró. The Cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows.

Bibliography

BIBL.: J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 262-67.

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By Virginio Battezzati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), coll. 803–804.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Paraíba, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, coll. 803–804. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/paraiba-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Paraíba, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 803–804. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/paraiba-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec9_paraiba_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Paraíba, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {803--804},
  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/paraiba-diocesi-di}
}

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