Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campina Grande is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba, in northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the city of Campina Grande.
It is vacant.History
As per 2014, it pastorally served 807,000 Catholics on 20,051 km² in 52 parishes with 92 priests, 1 deacon, 131 lay religious and 25 seminarians.Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
; Suffragan Bishops of Campina Grande
- Anselmo Pietrulla, Order of Friars Minor , next Bishop of Tubarão , died 1992; previously Apostolic Administrator of then Territorial Prelature of Santarem , Titular Bishop of Conana as Bishop-Prelate of above Santarém, Apostolic Administrator of Territorial Prelature of Macapá
- Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar , next Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios , died 2004; previously Titular Bishop of Gergis as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
- Manuel Pereira da Costa, died 2006; previously Titular Bishop of Knin as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Paraíba , Bishop of Nazaré
- Luís Gonzaga Fernandes, died 2003; previously Titular Bishop of Mididi as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Vitória
- Matias Patrício de Macêdo, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal ; previously Bishop of Cajazeiras , Coadjutor Bishop of Campina Grande
- Jaime Vieira Rocha ; previously Bishop of Caicó ; next Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal
- Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin , next Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba ; formerly Bishop of Caicó
- Dulcênio Fontes de Matos ; previously Titular Bishop of Cozyla as Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú , Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios
Coadjutor bishop
- Matias Patrício de Macêdo
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Genival Saraiva de França, appointed Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco in 2000
