Diocese of Nazaré
| Diocese of Nazaré | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Jorge Tobias de Freitas Severino Batista de França OFMCap |
| founding | 1918 |
| surface | 5,956 km² |
| Parishes | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,037,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 881,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 16,623 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 63 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
| Website | http://www.diocesedenazare.org/ |
The Diocese of Nazaré ( Latin Dioecesis Nazarensis in Brasilia , Portuguese Diocese of Nazareth ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Nazaré in the state of Pernambuco .
history
The diocese Nazaré was on August 2, 1918 by Pope Benedict XV. built from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Nazaré
- Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela , 1919-1946
- Carlos Gouvêa Coelho , 1948–1954, then Bishop of Niterói
- João de Souza Lima , 1955–1958, then Archbishop of Manaus
- Manuel Pereira da Costa , 1959–1962, then Bishop of Campina Grande
- Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira , 1963–1986
- Jorge Tobias de Freitas , 1986-2006
- Severino Batista de França OFMCap , 2007-2015
- Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena , since 2016