Archdiocese of Fortaleza, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1854.06.06: Established as Diocese of Ceará (from Diocese of Olinda and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
• 1910.12.05: Became suffragan of Olinda
• 1914.10.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Crato
• 1915.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza / Fortalexien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Crato and Sobral and lost territory to establish Diocese of Sobral)
• 1938.05.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte and gained suffragan see Limoeiro do Norte
• 1961.01.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Iguatu and gained suffragan see Iguatu
• 1963.09.28: Gained suffragan see Crateús
• 1971.03.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Itapipoca and Diocese of Quixadá and gained suffragan sees Itapipoca, Quixadá and Tianguá

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1980.07)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.10.11 – ...):	Archbishop Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (61)

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,571 km²

Population: 2,836,720 Catholics (64.2% of 4,415,946 total)

Pastoral Centres: 147 parishes, 11 missions

Personnel: 434 priests (248 diocesan, 186 religious), 37 deacons, 959 religious (319 brothers, 640 sisters), 92 seminarians