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Diocese of Goiás

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Diocese of Goiasensis
Dioecesis Goiasensis
Cathedral of Goiás
Cathedral of Goiás
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Goiânia
Statistics
Area 23,573 km2 (9,102 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2006)
224,395
208,000 (92.7%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 6 December 1745 (280 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Sant’Ana
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Jeová Elias Ferreira
Bishops emeritus Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen

The Diocese of Goiás (Latin: Dioecesis Goiasensis) is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Goiás. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia in Brazil.[1][2]

History

  • December 6, 1745: Established as Territorial Prelature of Goiás from the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • July 15, 1826: Promoted as Diocese of Goiás
  • November 18, 1932: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás
  • March 26, 1956: Demoted as Diocese of Goiás

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Bishops of Goiás (Roman rite), below
    • Bishop Jeová Elias Ferreira (2020.05.27 – present)
    • Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen (1998.12.02 – 2020.05.27)
    • Bishop Tomás Balduino, O.P. (1967.11.10 – 1998.12.02)
    • Bishop Abel Ribeiro Camelo (1960.05.14 – 1966.11.24)
    • Bishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. (1957.01.17 – 1959.11.27)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Goiás (Roman Rite), below
    • Archbishop Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (see below 1932.11.18 – 1955.05.12)
  • Bishops of Goiás (Roman Rite), below
    • Bishop Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1922.10.27 – 1932.11.18 see above)
    • Bishop Prudencio Gomes da Silva (1907.11.17 – 1921.09.19)
    • Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva (1891.01.23 - 1907.11.06), appointed Bishop of Uberaba; future Archbishop
    • Bishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1891.06.26 – 1891.10.27); future Archbishop and Cardinal
    • Bishop Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leão, C.M. (1881.05.13 – 1890.06.26), appointed Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul; future Archbishop
    • Bishop Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides (1876.11.18 – 1877.06.25), appointed Bishop of Mariana
    • Bishop Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo (later Archbishop) (1865.09.25 – 1876.12.19), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
    • Bishop Domingos Quirino de Souza (1860.05.04 – 1863.09.12)
    • Bishop Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo (1844.07.29 – 1854.08.12)
    • Bishop Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo (1819.05.29 – 1844.07.29)
  • Prelates of Goiás (Roman Rite), below
    • Bishop Antônio Rodrigues de Aguiar (1810.06.24 – 1818.10.03)
    • Bishop Vicente Alexandre de Tovar (1803.06.20 – 1808.10.08)
    • Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil (1788.03.07 – 1793?)
    • Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. (1782.12.17 – 1788.11.29)

Auxiliary bishop

  • Abel Ribeiro Camelo (1947-1957), appointed Bishop of Jataí, Goias (later returned here as Archbishop)

See also

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation "Diocese of Goiás" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2017
  2. Back to citation "Diocese of Goiás" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016
  3. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás, official website

Bibliography

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