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Baturité Diocese Installed as First in Brazil Created by Pope Leão XIV

Church leaders say the new structure will bring pastoral care closer to communities in the Maciço de Baturité.

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Overview

  • The Diocese of Baturité, officially installed Wednesday, became the first Brazilian diocese created under Pope Leão XIV.
  • Dom Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu took possession as the first bishop and keeps his personal rank as archbishop, which the Church styles as arcebispo-bispo.
  • A large public ceremony drew more than 40 bishops, hundreds of priests and seminarians, and Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha represented the Pope.
  • The new circumscription was carved from the Archdiocese of Fortaleza and now covers 14 municipalities and 21 parishes with about 298,221 residents.
  • Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Palma in Baturité is now the cathedral, and the territory includes the major pilgrimage site of São Francisco das Chagas in Canindé.