Diocese of Nova Friburgo
| Diocese of Nova Friburgo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Niterói |
| Diocesan bishop | Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Edney Gouvêa Mattoso |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 9,817 km² |
| Parishes | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 712,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 653,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 64 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,163 |
| Permanent deacons | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São João Batista Cathedral |
| Website | http://diocesenf.org.br/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nova Friburgo ( lat. : Dioecesis Neo-friburgensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Nova Friburgo in the state of Rio de Janeiro .
history
The diocese Nova Friburgo was on March 26, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem verbis from cessions of territory of the dioceses of Barra do Piraí and Petrópolis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Niterói as a suffragan .
Bishops of Nova Friburgo
- Clemente Isnard OSB , 1960-1992
- Alano Maria Pena OP , 1993–2003, then Archbishop of Niterói
- Rafael Llano Cifuentes , 2004-2010
- Edney Gouvêa Mattoso , 2010–2020
- Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci , since 2020