Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás explained
| Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
| Goiasensis |
| Latin: | Dioecesis Goiasensis |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Province: | Goiânia |
| Denomination: | Catholic Church |
| Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
| Rite: | Roman Rite |
| Established: | 6 December 1745 (years ago) |
| Cathedral: | Catedral Sant’Ana |
| Area Km2: | 23,573 |
| Population: | 224,395 |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Catholics: | 208,000 |
| Catholics Percent: | 92.7 |
| Bishop: | Jeová Elias Ferreira |
| Emeritus Bishops: | Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen |
| Map: | DiocesisGoiasDistritoFederal.jpg |
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
References
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Notes and References
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgois.html "Diocese of Goiás"
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/goia1.htm "Diocese of Goiás"
