Roman Catholic Diocese of Crato

History

• October 20, 1914: Established as Diocese of Crato from the Diocese of Ceará

  Bishops

• Bishops of Crato, in reverse chronological order
• * Bishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira
• * Bishop Newton Holanda Gurgel
• * Bishop Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos
• * Bishop Francisco de Assis Pires
• * Bishop Quintino Rodrigo de Oliveira e Silva

  Coadjutor bishop

• Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira

  Auxiliary bishops

• Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos, appointed Bishop here
• Newton Holanda Gurgel, appointed Bishop here

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Joaquim Ferreira de Melo, appointed Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul in 1921
• Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira, appointed Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara in 2017