Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás

Diocese of Goiasensis

Dioecesis Goiasensis
Cathedral of Goiás
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceGoiânia
Statistics
Area23,573 km2 (9,102 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
224,395
208,000 (92.7%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established6 December 1745 (278 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Sant’Ana
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJeová Elias Ferreira
Bishops emeritusEugène Lambert Adrian Rixen
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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

Auxiliary bishop

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of Goiás" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2017
  2. ^ "Diocese of Goiás" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016

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