Diocese of Nova Iguaçu
| Diocese of Nova Iguaçu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| Diocesan bishop | Gilson Andrade da Silva |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Luciano Bergamin CRL |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 995 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,892,701 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,311,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 69.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,988 |
| Permanent deacons | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 68 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antonio de Jacutinga |
| Website | www.mitrani.org.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nova Iguaçu ( Latin Dioecesis Neo-Iguassuensis , Portuguese Diocese de Nova Iguaçu ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Nova Iguaçu in the state of Rio de Janeiro .
history
Pope John XXIII founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Qui in Apostolici on March 26, 1960 from cession of the dioceses of Campos , Niterói and Valença and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- March 14, 1980 to the diocese of Itaguaí ;
- October 11, 1980 to the Diocese of Duque de Caxias .
territory
The diocese Nova Iguaçu includes the parishes of Nova Iguaçu , Belford Roxo , Japeri , Mesquita , Nilópolis , Paracambi , Queimados and part of Miguel Pereira of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Bishops of Nova Iguaçu
- Walmor Battú Wichrowski (April 23, 1960 - May 31, 1961)
- Honorato Piazera SCI (December 14, 1961 - February 12, 1966, then Coadjutor Bishop von Lages )
- Adriano Mandarino Hypólito OFM (August 29, 1966 - November 9, 1994)
- Werner Franz Siebenbrock SVD (November 9, 1994 - December 19, 2001, then Bishop of Governador Valadares )
- Luciano Bergamin CRL (July 24, 2002 - May 15, 2019)
- Gilson Andrade da Silva (since May 15, 2019)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1966 | ? | 1,000,000 | ? | 63 | 33 | 30th | ? | 110 | 35 | ||
| 1968 | ? | 1,200,000 | ? | 73 | 38 | 35 | ? | 35 | 104 | 38 | |
| 1976 | 1,696,700 | 1,900,000 | 89.3 | 82 | 42 | 40 | 20,691 | 41 | 115 | 59 | |
| 1980 | 1,886,000 | 2,113,000 | 89.3 | 87 | 36 | 51 | 21,678 | 74 | 107 | 63 | |
| 1990 | 1,458,000 | 1,860,000 | 78.4 | 59 | 24 | 35 | 24,711 | 1 | 65 | 88 | 46 |
| 2000 | 1,120,000 | 1,780,000 | 62.9 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 16,969 | 12 | 53 | 77 | 47 |
| 2004 | 1,023,000 | 1,755,770 | 58.3 | 63 | 34 | 29 | 16,238 | 16 | 52 | 84 | 50 |
| 2013 | 1,280,000 | 1,889,705 | 67.7 | 85 | 52 | 33 | 15,058 | 26th | 40 | 75 | 50 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Nova Iguaçu on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Nova Iguaçu on gcatholic.org (English)