Roman Catholic Diocese of Quixadá

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Quixadá Dioecesis Quixadensis Diocese de Quixadá

Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Fortaleza
Metropolitan	Fortaleza
Statistics
Area	14,846 km² (5,732 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 313,000 281,000 (89.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	13 March 1971 (53 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy family in Quixadá
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Angelo Pignoli
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques
Bishops emeritus	Adélio Tomasin
Website
www.diocesequixada.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quixadá (Latin: Dioecesis Quixadensis) is a diocese located in the city of Quixadá in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil.

History

March 13, 1971: Established as Diocese of Quixadá from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza

Leadership

Bishops of Quixadá (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Angelo Pignoli (2007.01.03 – present)
- Bishop Adélio Giuseppe Tomasin, P.S.D.P. (1988.03.16 – 2007.01.03)
- Bishop Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo (1971.04.21 – 1986.03.25), appointed bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui

References

GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Diocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2018-09-03 at the Wayback Machine

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