Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
7°44′36.4″S 35°13′45.9″W / 7.743444°S 35.229417°W / -7.743444; -35.229417
Diocese of Nazaré Dioecesis Nazarensis in Brasilia | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Olinda e Recife |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,986 km2 (2,311 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 904,261 768,261 (85.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 2 August 1918 (106 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Antônio Saburido, OSB |
Bishops emeritus | Severino Batista de França, OFMCap Jorge Tobias de Freitas |
Map | |
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Website | |
www.diocesedenazare.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré (Latin: Dioecesis Nazarensis in Brasilia) is located in the city of Nazaré da Mata in the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.
On August 2, 1918 it was established as Diocese of Nazaré from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
Bishops
- Bishops of Nazaré (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (2016.07.13 – present)
- Severino Batista de França, OFMCap (2007.03.07 – 2015.11.25)
- Jorge Tobias de Freitas (1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)
- Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira (1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)
- Manuel Pereira da Costa (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)
- João de Souza Lima (later Archbishop) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)
- Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (later Archbishop) (1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14)
- Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela (1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)
Auxiliary bishop
- Jaime Mota de Farias (1982-1986), appointed Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral, appointed Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba in 1934
- Gentil Diniz Barreto, appointed Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte in 1960
- Manoel dos Reis de Farias, appointed Bishop of Patos, Paraiba in 2001
- Limacêdo Antônio da Silva, appointed Auxiliary bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco in 2018
References
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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