Diocese of Juazeiro
Dioecesis Iuazeiriensis
Diocese de Juazeiro
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Catedral Nossa Senhora das Grotas
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Ecclesiastical province | Feira de Santana |
Metropolitan | Feira de Santana |
Statistics | |
Area | 56,249 km2 (21,718 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 433,000 373,000 (86.1%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 22 July 1962 (61 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Grotas in Juazeiro |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Zanoni Demettino Castro |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juazeiro (Latin: Dioecesis Iuazeiriensis) is a diocese located in the city of Juazeiro in the ecclesiastical provinceofFeira de Santana in Brazil.
9°24′44″S 40°29′57″W / 9.4122°S 40.4993°W / -9.4122; -40.4993
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