Diocese of Goiás

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Diocese of Goiás
Basic data
Country Brazil
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Goiânia
Diocesan bishop Jeová Elias Ferreira (appointed)
Emeritus diocesan bishop Eugène Rixen
founding 1745
surface 20,784 km²
Parishes 24 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 250,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 231,600 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 92.6%
Diocesan priest 24 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 5 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 7,986
Permanent deacons 10 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 6 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 22 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Cathedral of Sant'Ana
Website http://www.diocesedegoias.org.br/

The Diocese of Goiás ( lat. : Dioecesis Goiasensis , port. : Diocese de Goiás ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Goiás Velho in the state of Goiás .

history

The diocese of Goiás was established on December 6, 1745 by Pope Benedict XIV with the Apostolic Constitution Candor lucis aeternae from cedings of territory from the diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as Goiás territorial prelature . On July 15, 1826 the territorial prelature of Goiás was by Pope Leo XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicita Catholici gregis raised to the diocese. The Territorial Prelature of Goiás was subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as a suffragan on April 27, 1896 . On May 1, 1906, the Goiás diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mariana as a suffragan. The Diocese of Goiás gave up parts of its territory on September 29, 1907 to establish the Diocese of Uberaba . Further territories were ceded on December 20, 1915 to found the diocese of Porto Nacional , on July 25, 1924 to found the São José do Alto Tocantins territorial prelature and on June 21, 1929 to found the Jataí territorial prelature .

On November 18, 1932, the Diocese of Goiás was by Pope Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Quae in faciliorem raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Goiás gave up on March 26, 1956 parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Prelature Formosa , the Archdiocese of Goiânia and the Diocese of Uruaçu . In addition, parts of the territory of the dissolved Territorial Prelature Bananal were incorporated into the Diocese of Goiás .

On March 26, 1956, the Archdiocese of Goiás was by Pope Pius XII. downgraded to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quo Gaudio and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Goiânia as a suffragan. The Diocese of Goiás gave up on November 25, 1961 parts of its territory to establish the territorial prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos . Another assignment of territory took place on October 11, 1966 to establish the Territorial Prelature Rubiataba .

Ordinaries

Prelates of Goiás

Bishops of Goiás

Archbishops of Goiás

  • Emanuel Gomes de Oliveira SDB, 1932-1955

Bishops of Goiás

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Quae in faciliorem , AAS 25 (1933), n.6 , pp. 145ff.
  2. ↑ Anuário Católico do Brasil 2012 . Published by the Centro de Estatística Religiosa e Investigações Sociais (CERIS) , Rio de Janeiro 2012. ISSN  0103-4464 . P. 574.
  3. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Quo gaudio , AAS 49 (1957), n.4, p. 179ff.