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Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns

February 12, 2024

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns (Latin: Dioecesis Garanhunensis) is a diocese located in the city of Garanhuns in the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.

Diocese of Garanhuns

Dioecesis Garanhunensis
Catedral Santo Antônio in 2013
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceOlinda e Recife
Statistics
Area8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
612,000
551,000 (90.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established2 August 1918 (105 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Santo Antônio
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPaulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa
Metropolitan ArchbishopFernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.
Map
Website
www.diocesegaranhuns.org

History edit

  • August 2, 1918: Established as Diocese of Garanhuns from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife

Bishops edit

  • Bishops of Garanhuns (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
    • Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (2015-05.20 - present)
    • Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R. (2008.03.12 – 2014.08.06), appointed Bishop of Brazil, Military
    • Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30), appointed Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina
    • Bishop Tiago Postma (1974.06.20 – 1995.03.15)
    • Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
    • Bishop José Adelino Dantas (1958.05.03 – 1967.02.20), appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia
    • Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes (1954.08.24 – 1957.07.01)
    • Bishop Juvéncio de Brito (1945.12.15 – 1954.01.31)
    • Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (1938.05.26 – 1944.09.10), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará
    • Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva (1929.04.02 – 1937.05.19)
    • Bishop João Tavares de Moura (1919.07.03 – 1928.07.20)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop edit

  • José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara

References edit

  • GCatholic.org
  • Catholic Hierarchy
  • Diocese website (Portuguese)

8°53′26″S 36°29′31″W / 8.8906°S 36.4920°W / -8.8906; -36.4920


 

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