Diocese of Rio Branco
| Diocese of Rio Branco | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manaus |
| Diocesan bishop | Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández OAR |
| Vicar General | Leôncio José Asfury |
| founding | 1919 |
| surface | 104,473 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 631,568 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 453,900 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 71.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,807 |
| Permanent deacons | 28 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 78 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora de Nazaré |
| address | CP 473 Praça da Catedral 4 69908-970 Rio Branco, AC Brazil |
| Website | http://www.dioceseriobranco.com.br |
The Diocese of Rio Branco ( Latin Dioecesis Fluminis Albi Superioris , Portuguese Diocese de Rio Branco ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Rio Branco in the state of Acre .
history
The diocese of Rio Branco was founded on October 4, 1919 by Pope Benedict XV. from territorial cession of the diocese of Amazonas established as territorial prelature Acre e Purus and subordinated to the archbishopric Belém do Pará as a suffragan . On December 10, 1926, the territorial prelature Acre e Purus was renamed the Territorial Prelature São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus . The territorial prelature São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan on February 16, 1952. On April 26, 1958, the territorial prelature São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus was renamed again into the territorial prelature Acre e Purus .
On February 15, 1986, the territorial prelature Acre e Purus was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Cum Praelaturae and renamed the diocese of Rio Branco .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Acre e Purus
- Próspero Gustavo Bernardi OSM , 1919–1926
Prelates of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus
- Próspero Gustavo Bernardi OSM, 1926–1944
- Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli OSM, 1948-1958
Prelates of Acre e Purus
- Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli OSM, 1958-1962
- Giocondo Maria Grotti OSM, 1962-1971
- Moacyr Grechi OSM, 1972-1986
Bishops of Rio Branco
- Moacyr Grechi OSM, 1986–1998, then Archbishop of Porto Velho
- Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández OAR , since 1999