Diocese of Itumbiara
| Diocese of Itumbiara | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Goiânia |
| Diocesan bishop | Fernando Antônio Brochini CSS |
| founding | 1966 |
| surface | 21,152 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 313,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 244,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 78% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,714 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santa Rita de Cássia |
| Website | http://www.dioceseitumbiara.hpg.com.br |
The diocese Itumbiara ( lat. : Dioecesis Itumbiarensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Itumbiara in the state of Goiás .
history
The diocese of Itumbiara was on October 11, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution De animorum from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Goiânia and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Itumbiara
- José Francisco Versiani Velloso , 1966–1972
- José de Lima , 1973–1981, then Bishop of Sete Lagoas
- José Belvino do Nascimento , 1981–1987, then Coadjutor Bishop of Patos de Minas
- José Carlos Castanho de Almeida , 1987–1994, then Bishop of Araçatuba
- Celso Pereira de Almeida OP , 1995-1998
- Antonio Lino da Silva Dinis , 1999-2013
- Fernando Antônio Brochini CSS , since 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. De animorum , AAS 59 (1967), n.5, p. 323ff.