Diocese of Uruaçu
| Diocese of Uruaçu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Brasília |
| Diocesan bishop | Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José da Silva Chaves |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 36,224 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 325,000 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 214,300 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 65.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 50 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,632 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Friars | 10 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 11 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Sant'Ana |
| Website | http://www.diocesedeuruacu.com.br |
The diocese Uruaçu ( lat. : Dioecesis Uruassuensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Uruaçu in the state of Goiás .
history
The diocese of Uruaçu was on March 26, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. built from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Goiás and the territorial prelature of São José do Alto Tocantins . On October 11, 1966, the Diocese of Uruaçu gave up parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Prelature Rubiataba . Another assignment of territory took place on March 29, 1989 to establish the Diocese of Luziânia .
The diocese of Uruaçu is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Brasília as a suffragan .
Bishops of Uruaçu
- Francisco Prada Carrera CMF , 1957-1976
- José da Silva Chaves , 1976-2007
- Messiah dos Reis Silveira , 2007–2018, then Bishop of Teófilo Otoni
- Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca , since 2020