Diocese of Crato
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crato is located in the ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza in Brazil.
History
- October 20, 1914: Established as Diocese of Crato from the Diocese of Ceará
Bishops
- Bishops of Crato, in reverse chronological order
- * Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, OFMCap
- * Bishop Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira
- * Bishop Fernando Panico, MSC
- * 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