Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá
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Diocese of Propriá Dioecesis Propriensis Diocese de Propriá |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Aracajú |
| Metropolitan | Aracajú |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,198 km2 (3,165 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 307,792 300,045 (97.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 30 April 1960 (57 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Anthony in Propriá |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mário Rino Sivieri |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Palmeira Lessa |
| Website | |
| www.diocesedepropria.com.br | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá (Latin: Dioecesis Propriensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Aracaju in Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santo Antônio, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, in the city of Propriá, also in Sergipe.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 334,500 Catholics (97.4% of 343,600 total) on 8,181 km² in 25 parishes with 30 priests (29 diocesan, 1 religious), 40 lay religious (1 brother, 39 sisters) and 9 seminarians.
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