Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte

Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte

*Dioecesis Limoëirensis*

Diocese de Limoeiro do Norte
Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte; Dioecesis Limoëirensis; Diocese de Limoeiro do Norte
	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Limoeiro do Norte
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Fortaleza
Metropolitan	Fortaleza
Statistics
Area	18,316 km2 (7,072 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 484,111; 435,699 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 May 1938 (85 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Limoeiro do Norte
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	André Vital Félix da Silva, S.C.I.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão
Bishops emeritus	Manuel Edmilson da Cruz

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte (

Latin: Dioecesis Limoëirensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, both in Ceará state, northeast Brazil

.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, dedicated to Immaculate Conception, in the city of Limoeiro do Norte.

History

Established on 7 May 1938 as Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte by
Archdiocese of Fortaleza
.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 489,000 Catholics (90.4% of 541,000 total) on 18,440 km² in 25 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (28 diocesan, 13 religious), 73 lay religious (18 brothers, 55 sisters) and 9 seminarians.