Roman Catholic Diocese of Propriá

Diocese of Propriá

Dioecesis Propriensis

Diocese de Propriá
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceAracajú
MetropolitanAracajú
Statistics
Area8,198 km2 (3,165 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 307,792
  • 300,045 (97.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established30 April 1960 (65 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Anthony in Propriá
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopVitor Agnaldo de Menenez
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé 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.