The Roman Catholic Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira ( la, Dioecesis Afogadensis de Ingazeira) is a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the city of

Afogados da Ingazeira Afogados da Ingazeira (''Jamestown'') is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. The estimated population in 2020, according with IBGE, was 37,404 and the total area is . It has a population density of 97 inhabitants per square kilomet ...

in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.

History

* July 2, 1956: Established as Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira from the

Diocese of Pesqueira The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira ( la, Dioecesis Pesqueirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Pesqueira in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil. History * December 5, 1910: Established as Diocese of Floresta f ...

Leadership

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

s of Afogados da Ingazeira (Latin Rite) **

João José da Mota e Albuquerque João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * J ...

(4 Jan 1957 – 28 Feb 1961), appointed Bishop of Sobral, Ceara **

Francisco Austregésilo de Mesquita Filho Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

(25 May 1961 – 13 Jun 2001) **

Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

, O.F.M. Cap. (13 Jun 2001 – 11 Jun 2008), appointed Archbishop of

Vitória da Conquista Vitória da Conquista is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil, that has a population of approximately 341,000 people as of 2020, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). It is the third largest city in the state of Bahi ...

, Bahia ** Egidio Bisol (7 Oct 2009 - present)

References

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1956 Afogados da Ingazeira, Roman Catholic Diocese of Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Afogados da Ingazeira {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub