Diocese of Petrolina
Diocese of Petrolina Dioecesis Petrolinensis | |
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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ the King | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Olinda e Recife |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 31,065 km2 (11,994 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 30 November 1923 (102 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Francisco Canindé Palhano |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. |
| Bishops emeritus | Paulo Cardoso da Silva, O. Carm. Manoel dos Reis de Farias |
| Website | |
| www.diocesedepetrolina.org.br | |
The Diocese of Petrolina (Latin: Dioecesis Petrolinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
Its cathedra is in Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Cristo Rei, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ the King, in the episcopal see of Petrolina in the state of Pernambuco.