Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande

Diocese of Campina Grande

Dioecesis Campinae Grandis
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição in 2017
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceParaíba
Statistics
Area20,451 km2 (7,896 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2003)
830,118
720,000 (86.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 May 1949 (75 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDulcênio Fontes de Matos
Metropolitan ArchbishopManoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M.Cap.
Website
www.diocesedecampinagrande.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande (Latin: Dioecesis Campinae Grandis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Paraíba, in northeastern Brazil.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the city of Campina Grande.

It is vacant.


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