Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás

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]

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 (277 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Sant’Ana
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJeová Elias Ferreira
Bishops emeritusEugène Lambert Adrian Rixen

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
  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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