Jataí diocese
| Jataí diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Goiânia |
| Diocesan bishop | Nélio Domingos Zortea |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Aloísio Hilário de Pinho FDP |
| Vicar General | Vicente Cezanildo Lima Duarte |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 62,978 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 593,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 484,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 81.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,256 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 59 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Divino Espírito Santo |
| Website | http://diocesedejatai.org |
The Diocese of Jataí ( lat. : Dioecesis Iataiensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Jataí in the State of Goiás .
history
The diocese of Jataí was founded on June 21, 1929 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicitido quae in omnes from cessions of territory of the Goiás diocese as the Jataí territorial prelature . The Jataí territorial prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Goiás as a suffragan .
On March 26, 1956, the territorial prelature Jataí by Pope Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Quo aptiori and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Goiânia as a suffragan. The diocese of Jataí gave on November 25, 1961 parts of its territory to establish the territorial prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Jataí
- Germán Vega Campón OSA , 1941–1955
Bishops of Jataí
- Abel Ribeiro Camelo , 1957–1960, then Bishop of Goiás
- Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia OFM , 1961-1999
- Miguel Pedro Mundo , 1999
- Aloísio Hilário de Pinho FDP , 1999–2009
- José Luiz Majella Delgado CSsR , 2009–2014
- Nélio Domingos Zortea , since 2015