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

Petrolina, Diocese of

PETROLINA, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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PETROLINA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Pernambuco in Brazil.

It has a population of 160,000 inhabitants, all Catholic, distributed in 13 parishes served by 11 diocesan priests and 3 regulars, a seminary, one male religious community and one female (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 317).

The diocese was created by Pope Pius XI with the bull Dominici gregis of 20 Nov. 1923, by dismemberment from the diocese of Pesqueira, at the same time elevating to the rank and dignity of cathedral the parish church dedicated to the B. Virgin Assumed into heaven existing in P. The diocese is a suffragan of Olinda and Recife. The first bishop was Msgr. A. Malan.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: AAS, 16 (1924), pp. 216-18; G. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 285-87.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1301.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Petrolina, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1301. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/petrolina-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Petrolina, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1301. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/petrolina-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Petrolina, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1301},
  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/petrolina-diocesi-di}
}

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