Diocese of Caicó
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caicó is a diocese located in the city of Caicó in the ecclesiastical province of Natal in Brazil.
History
- November 25, 1939: Established as Diocese of Caicó from the Diocese of Natal
Bishops
- Bishops of Caicó, in reverse chronological order
- * Bishop Antônio Carlos Cruz Santos
- * Bishop Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M.Cap., appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba; future Archbishop
- * Bishop Jaime Vieira Rocha, appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
- * Bishop Heitor de Araújo Sales, appointed Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
- * Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo
- * Bishop José Adelino Dantas, appointed Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
- * Bishop José de Medeiros Delgado, appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena, appointed Bishop of Guarabira, Paraiba in 2008