Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Ipameri
Latin:	Dioecesis Ipameriensis
Country:	Brazil
Denomination:	Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:	Latin Church
Rite:	Roman Rite
Established:	11 October 1966 (years ago)
Cathedral:	Catedral Divino Espírito Santo
Area Km2:	22,947
Population:	285,000
Population As Of:	2006
Catholics:	214,000
Catholics Percent:	75.1
Bishop:	José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo
Map:	DiocesisGoiasDistritoFederal.jpg

The Diocese of Ipameri (Latin: Dioecesis Ipameriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia.

Its cathedral is Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, dedicated to the Holy Spirit, in the episcopal see of Ipameri. The current bishop is José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo.^[1]

History

• Established on 11 October 1966 as Diocese of Ipameri, on territory split from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Goiania.
• Lost territory on 1989.03.29 to establish the Diocese of Luziânia

Statistics

, it pastorally served 299,000 Catholics (93.4% of 320,000 total population) on 296,426 km² in 17 parishes with 33 priests (17 diocesan, 16 religious), 66 lay religious (21 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all native Brazilians)

Bishops of Ipameri

• Gilberto Pereira Lopes (1966.11.03 – 1975.12.19), next Titular Archbishop of Aurusuliana (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1982.02.10 – retired 2004.06.02)
• Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira (1975.12.19 – 1985.10.23); previously Titular Bishop of Arindela (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1985.10.23 – retired 2002.05.08), died 2017
• Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (1986.12.19 – 1998.07.29), died 2001: previously Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil) (1984.04.04 – 1986.12.19)
  • Apostolic Administrator Archbishop Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila (1998.07.29 – 1999.05.19), while Titular Archbishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1990.10.31 – 1998.03.07) as Archbishop Military Ordinariate of Brazil (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14); previously Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Brasília (Brazil) (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31)
• Guilherme Antônio Werlang, Missionaries of the Holy Family (M.S.F.) (1999.05.19 – 2018.02.07)), next Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2018.02.07 – ...).
• José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo (2019.05.15 - ...,,)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with Google satellite map & HQ picture - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Diocese of Ipameri. catholic-hierarchy.org. 14 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211114213936/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dipam.html. 14 November 2021.