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Diocese of

Campina Grande

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Paraíba

History

  • 1949.05.14: Established as Diocese of Campina Grande / Campinæ Grandis (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraíba)
  • 1959.01.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Patos

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Campina Grande (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (64)Bishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (64) (later Archbishop)
(2005.02.16 – 2011.12.21)

Born:1947.03.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1975.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:1996.01.06

Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (1995.11.29 – 2005.02.16)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (2005.02.16 – 2011.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (2011.12.21 – ...)

Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (75)Bishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (75) (later Archbishop)
(2001.08.29 – 2003.11.26)

Todos tenham Vida

Born:1936.04.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1963.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:1990.10.21

Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (1990.07.12 – 2000.07.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (2000.07.12 – 2001.08.29)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (2001.08.29 – 2003.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (2003.11.26 – 2011.12.21)

Bishop Luís Gonzaga Fernandes
(1981.07.09 – 2001.08.29)

Born:1926.08.24 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1950.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1965.12.05
Died:2003.04.04 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Mididi (1965.11.06 – 1981.07.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (1965.11.06 – 1981.07.09)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1981.07.09 – 2001.08.29)

Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa
(1962.08.23 – 1981.05.20)

Born:1915.09.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1940.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1954.08.15
Died:2006.07.25 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Tinum (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1962.08.23 – 1981.05.20)

Bishop Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar
(1956.02.24 – 1962.07.04)

Born:1913.04.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1935.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:1955.01.30
Died:2004.12.09 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Gergis (1954.11.06 – 1956.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1954.11.06 – 1956.02.24)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1956.02.24 – 1962.07.04)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (1962.07.04 – 1978.03.29)

Bishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M.
(1949.06.18 – 1955.05.11)

Born:1906.09.12 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1932.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1948.02.08
Died:1992.05.25 († 85)

Apostolic Administrator of Santarém (Brazil) (1941 – 1947.12.13)

Titular Bishop of Conana (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil) (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Macapá (Brazil) (1949 – 1950.01.14)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1949.06.18 – 1955.05.11)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1955.05.11 – 1981.09.17)

Former Prelates


as of 2012.01.15

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