Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte
Dioecesis Limoëirensis
Diocese de Limoeiro do Norte
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Limoeiro do Norte
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| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Fortaleza |
| Metropolitan | Fortaleza |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,316 km2 (7,072 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 484,111 435,699 (90.0%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 7 May 1938 (86 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Limoeiro do Norte |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão |
| Bishops emeritus | Manuel Edmilson da Cruz |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte (Latin: Dioecesis Limoëirensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical provinceofFortaleza, both in Ceará state, northeast Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, dedicated to Immaculate Conception, in the city of Limoeiro do Norte.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 489,000 Catholics (90.4% of 541,000 total) on 18,440 km2 in 25 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (28 diocesan, 13 religious), 73 lay religious (18 brothers, 55 sisters) and 9 seminarians.
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