The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarabira (Latin: Dioecesis Guarabirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Guarabira in the ecclesiastical province of Paraíba in Brazil.

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Diocese of Guarabira Dioecesis Guarabirensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of Light
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Paraíba
Statistics
Area	4,553 km2 (1,758 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 414,000 352,000 (85.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	11 October 1980 (43 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Aldemiro Sena dos Santos
Metropolitan Archbishop	Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, O.F.M. Cap.
Website
diocesedeguarabira.blogspot.com.br

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• 11 October 1980: Established as Diocese of Guarabira from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraíba

• Bishops of Guarabira (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Aldemiro Sena dos Santos (4 October 2017 – present)
  • Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (28 May 2008 – 13 July 2016), appointed Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco
  • Bishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O.Carm. (4 February 1998 – 22 November 2006), appointed Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
  • Bishop Marcelo Pinto Carvalheria (9 November 1981 – 29 November 1995), appointed Archbishop of Paraíba

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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