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Diocese of Itapipoca

Dioecesis Itapipocana



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 March 1971
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Fortaleza
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Ceara
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 11,266 (4,351 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 1
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Av. Duque de Caxias 1125, 62500-000 Fazendinha, Itapipoca, CE, Brazil
  • Telephone: (088)3631-2022

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 March 1971ErectedArchdiocese of Fortaleza (Apuiarés, General Sampaio, Irauçaba, Itapagé, Itapipoca, Paracuru, Pentecoste, Sao Luís do Cura, Trairi, and Uruburetama)
Diocese of Sobral (Itarema of Acaran)
Diocese of Itapipoca (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1976333,554342,98797.2%1041423,82582913ap1977
1980361,189373,08196.8%1051524,07953614ap1981
1990380,000399,00095.2%1922118,09533421ap1991
1999385,000417,00092.3%2432714,25934520ap2000
2000389,300422,00092.3%2632913,42434520ap2001
2001380,700412,00092.4%2352813,596113318ap2002
2002401,404446,60689.9%2152615,43854318ap2003
2003402,933446,60690.2%2953411,85053818ap2004
2004402,933446,60690.2%2342714,92345118ap2005
2006412,000457,00090.2%3043412,117124619ap2007
2013428,000475,00090.1%433469,3041167924ap2014
2016443,910487,00091.2%423459,86411404225ap2017
2019454,640498,76091.2%453489,47111196928ap2020
2021443,910523,57184.8%483518,70412125230ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 63, Page 803, to Page 805

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