Diocese of Salgueiro, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Salgueiro (Português) / Salicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife

Neighbouring Dioceses: Petrolina (↙), Picos (←), Crato (↑), Afogados da Ingazeira (→), Floresta (↘)

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2010.06.16: Established as Diocese of Salgueiro (Português) / Salicen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Floresta and Diocese of Petrolina and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife)

Bishop (2023.03.29 – ...):

Bishop José Vicente Pinto del Alencar da Silva (68)

Bishops of Salgueiro (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Vicente Pinto del Alencar da Silva (68)
(2023.03.29 – ...)

Bishop of Salgueiro (Brazil)

Priest of Crato (Brazil) (1994.01.22 – 2023.03.29)

Bishop of Salgueiro (Brazil) (2023.03.29 – ...)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Bishop of Salgueiro (Brazil) (2010.06.16 – 2022.01.12)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2022.01.12 – ...)

Area: 17,932 km²

Population: 383,000 Catholics (79.8% of 480,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 43 priests (38 diocesan, 5 religious), 31 religious (5 brothers, 26 sisters), 15 seminarians