Diocese of Itaguaí
Diocese of Itaguaí | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
Diocesan bishop | José Ubiratan Lopes OFMCap |
founding | 1980 |
surface | 2,549 km² |
Parishes | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 410,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 273,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 66.6% |
Diocesan priest | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 10,500 |
Permanent deacons | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | São Francisco Xavier Cathedral |
The Diocese of Itaguaí ( Latin Dioecesis Itaguaiensis , Portuguese Diocese de Itaguaí ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Itaguaí in the state of Rio de Janeiro .
history
The diocese of Itaguaí was established on March 14, 1980 by Pope John Paul II from ceding territories of the dioceses Nova Iguaçu and Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda and subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Itaguaí
- Vital João Geraldo Wilderink OCarm , 1980-1998
- José Ubiratan Lopes OFMCap , since 1999