Diocese of Formosa (Brazil)
| Diocese of Formosa (Brazil) | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Brasília |
| Diocesan bishop | Adair José Guimarães |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Ronaldo Ribeiro |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 47,604 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 346,760 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 257,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 74.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,343 |
| Friars | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 43 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição |
| Website | http://www.dioceseformosa.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Formosa ( Latin : Dioecesis Formosensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Formosa, Brazil (State of Goiás ). It belongs with the Diocese of Luziânia and the Diocese of Uruaçu to the ecclesiastical province of Brasília .
history
The Diocese of Formosa was on March 26, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from territory ceded by the Archdiocese of Goiás as the Territorial Prelature Formosa . On October 16, 1979, the territorial prelature was raised to the diocese.
José Ronaldo Ribeiro has been Bishop of Formosa since 2014 . On March 21, 2018, Pope Francis appointed the Archbishop of Uberaba , Paulo Mendes Peixoto , as Apostolic Administrator sede plena , thereby suspending the jurisdiction of the diocesan bishop. The bishop, four priests from his diocese and eight other people have been arrested on suspicion of misappropriating donations. On September 12, 2018, the Pope accepted Ribeiro's resignation and confirmed Archbishop Mendes Peixoto as Apostolic Administrator for the period of the Sedis vacancy.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Formosa
- Victor Tielbeek SSCC , 1961-1979
Bishops of Formosa
- Victor Tielbeek SSCC 1979-1997
- Jan Kazimierz Wilk OFMConv , 1998–2004, then Bishop of Anápolis
- Paulo Roberto Beloto , 2005–2013, then Bishop of Franca
- José Ronaldo Ribeiro , 2014–2018
- Adair José Guimarães since 2019
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico “sede plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” di Formosa (Brazil). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 21, 2018, accessed March 21, 2018 (Italian).
- ↑ Suspected embezzlement - bishop and priest arrested. Die Tagespost , March 20, 2018, accessed on March 21, 2018 .