Diocese of Pesqueira
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira is a diocese located in the city of Pesqueira in the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.
History
- December 5, 1910: Established as Diocese of Floresta from the Diocese of Olinda
- August 2, 1918: Renamed as Diocese of Pesqueira
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Bishops of Pesqueira, below
- * Bishop José [Luiz Ferreira Salles], C.Ss.R.
- * Bishop Francesco Biasin
- * Bishop Bernardino Marchió, appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco
- * Bishop Manuel Palmeira da Rocha
- * Bishop Severino Mariano [de Aguiar]
- * Bishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
- * Bishop Adalberto Accioli Sobral, appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
- * Bishop José Antônio de [Oliveira Lopes]
- Bishops of Floresta, below
- * Bishop José Antônio de Oliveira Lopes
- * Bishop Augusto Álvaro da Silva, appointed Bishop of Barra, Bahia; future Archbishop and Cardinal