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Diocese of Caruaru, Brazil 🇧🇷

1948.08.07: Established as Diocese of Caruaru / Caruaruen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife)

Bishops of Caruaru (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (57)
(2019.07.10 – ...)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil)

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil) (2012.07.04 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (2019.07.10 – ...)

Bishop Bernardino Marchió (81)
(2002.11.06 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop emeritus of Caruaru (Brazil)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1991.03.27 – 1993.05.26)

Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1993.05.26 – 2002.11.06)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (2002.11.06 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop Antônio Soares Costa
(1993.10.27 – 2002.06.07)

Titular Bishop of Sinnada in Mauretania (1971.11.25 – 1993.10.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil) (1971.11.25 – 1993.10.27)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1993.10.27 – 2002.06.07)

Bishop Augusto Carvalho
(1959.08.08 – 1993.10.27)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1959.08.08 – 1993.10.27)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1949.03.15 – 1959.06.20)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1980.04.23)

Area: 5,792 km²

Population: 828,000 Catholics (84.8% of 976,419 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 90 priests (85 diocesan, 5 religious), 11 deacons, 56 religious (26 brothers, 30 sisters), 23 seminarians