História da Paróquia de São José de Piranhas: 174 anos de fundação 1840/2014

Abstract

The work of writers José Marconi Gomes Vieira and Messias Ferreira de Lima, in addition to worthy of its title, is a true treatise on Regional Ecclesiastical History, bringing comprehensive historical content and information, with a special focus on the Sertão region of Paraíba, where the Parish of São José de Piranhas is located. I believe that the authors drew from the source of Canon Francisco de Lima, author of the excellent work “Dom Adauto: biographical subsidies”, which contributed decisively to the ecclesiastical history of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte. This situation occurs naturally, because the researcher comes across so much useful and interesting information that he cannot help but include it in his work, as a way of contextualizing and supporting his research. Upon closer reading, this need becomes evident, since facts do not happen by chance, in isolation; they always represent a consequence of a previous fact, which needs to be recorded in the work for its broad understanding and analysis. Based on this premise, the authors present the readers of this work with information, statistics and exquisite data from the Parish of São José de Piranhas, Diocese of Cajazeiras and Archdiocese of Paraíba. In addition to inserting political, social, cultural facts and genealogical data at times, the best available sources were used, such as the Book of Tombos of the Parishes, Diocese of Cajazeiras, Archdiocese of Paraíba, Ecclesiastical Yearbooks, newspapers, biographies, and a rich collection of iconographic sources available on the subject.