Diocese of Luziânia

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Diocese of Luziânia
Basic data
Country Brazil
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Brasília
Diocesan bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello
Emeritus diocesan bishop Afonso Fioreze CP
Vicar General Szymon Sieczka
founding 1989
surface 16,424 km²
Parishes 28 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Residents 776,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics 624,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
proportion of 80.4%
Diocesan priest 29 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Religious priest 26 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics per priest 11,345
Permanent deacons 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Friars 61 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Religious sisters 39 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Catedral Nossa Senhora da Evangelização
Website diocesedeluziania.blogspot.com

The Diocese of Luziânia ( lat. : Dioecesis Lucianiensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Luziânia in the state of Goiás .

history

The diocese of Luziânia was established on March 29, 1989 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Pastoralis prudentia from cedings of the dioceses of Anápolis , Ipameri and Uruaçu . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Brasília as a suffragan .

Bishops of Luziânia

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Pastoralis prudentia , AAS 81 (1989), n.10, p. 1082ff.