Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Campina Grande

• Anselmo Pietrulla, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Poland) (June 18, 1949 – May 11, 1955), next Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (May 11, 1955 – retired September 17, 1981), died 1992; previously Apostolic Administrator of then Territorial Prelature of Santarem (Brazil, now a diocese) (1941 – December 13, 1947), Titular Bishop of Conana (December 13, 1947 – June 18, 1949) as Bishop-Prelate of above Santarém (December 13, 1947 – June 18, 1949), Apostolic Administrator of Territorial Prelature of Macapá (Brazil) (1949 – January 14, 1950)
• Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar (February 24, 1956 – July 4, 1962) (first Brazilian incumbent), next Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (July 4, 1962 – retired March 29, 1978), died 2004; previously Titular Bishop of Gergis (November 6, 1954 – February 24, 1956) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (November 6, 1954 – February 24, 1956)
• Manuel Pereira da Costa (August 23, 1962 – retired May 20, 1981), died 2006; previously Titular Bishop of Knin (May 31, 1954 – June 20, 1959) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Paraíba (Brazil) (May 31, 1954 – June 20, 1959), Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (June 20, 1959 – August 23, 1962)
• Luís Gonzaga Fernandes (July 9, 1981 – August 29, 2001), died 2003; previously Titular Bishop of Mididi (November 6, 1965 – July 9, 1981) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Vitória (Brazil) (November 6, 1965 – July 9, 1981)
• Matias Patrício de Macêdo (August 29, 2001 – November 26, 2003), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (November 26, 2003 – December 21, 2011); previously Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (July 12, 1990 – July 12, 2000), Coadjutor Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (July 12, 2000 – succession August 29, 2001)
• Jaime Vieira Rocha (February 16, 2005 – December 21, 2011); previously Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (November 29, 1995 – February 16, 2005); next Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (December 21, 2011 – ...)
• Manoel Delson Pedreira da Cruz, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (O.F.M.Cap.) (August 8, 2012 – March 8, 2017), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (March 8, 2017 – ...); formerly Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (July 5, 2006 – August 8, 2012)
• Dulcênio Fontes de Matos (October 11, 2017 – present); previously Titular Bishop of Cozyla as Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú (in Sergipe) (April 18, 2001 – July 12, 2006), Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (in Alagoas) (July 12, 2006 – October 11, 2017)

Coadjutor bishop

• Matias Patrício de Macêdo (2001–2003)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

• Genival Saraiva de França, appointed Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco in 2000