Diocese of Roraima
| Diocese of Roraima | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manaus |
| Diocesan bishop | Mário Antônio da Silva |
| founding | 1934 |
| surface | 224,300 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 371,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 228,500 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 61.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,663 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 32 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Cristo Redentor (Christ Redeemer), Boa Vista |
| Website | https://diocesederoraima.org.br/ |
The diocese of Roraima ( Latin Dioecesis Roraimensis , Portuguese Diocese de Roraima ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Brazil with its seat in Boa Vista in the state of Roraima , whose territory it includes.
history
The diocese of Roraima was on August 30, 1944 by Pope Pius XII. built as the territorial prelature Rio Branco and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará as a suffragan . On February 16, 1952, it moved to the newly established ecclesiastical province of Manaus. On April 29, 1963, the Territorial Prelature Rio Branco was renamed Territorial Prelature Roraima and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan.
The territorial prelature of Roraima was raised to a diocese on October 16, 1979 by Pope John Paul II .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Rio Branco and Roraima
- José Nepote-Fus IMC , 1952-1965
- Servílio Conti IMC, 1965-1975
- Aldo Mongiano IMC, 1975–1979, then first bishop of the new diocese
Bishops of Roraima
- Aldo Mongiano IMC, 1979-1996
- Apparecido José Dias SVD , 1996-2004
- Roque Paloschi , 2005–2015, then Archbishop of Porto Velho
- Mário Antônio da Silva , since 2016
See also
Web links
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