Valença diocese
| Valença diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| Diocesan bishop | Nelson Francelino Ferreira |
| Vicar General | Valdir de Ploveira |
| founding | 1925 |
| surface | 3,996 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 389.240 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 248,539 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 63.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,570 |
| Friars | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 64 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Glória |
| Website | http://www.diocesedevalenca.org/site/index.php |
The diocese Valenca ( Latin Dioecesis Valentina in Brasilia , Portuguese Diocese de Valença ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Valenca in the state of Rio de Janeiro .
history
The diocese was founded on March 27, 1925 by Pope Pius XI. built from cessions of territory of the diocese of Barra do Piraí and subordinated to the archbishopric of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro as a suffragan . On March 26, 1960, the Diocese of Valença gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Nova Iguaçu .
Bishops of Valença
- André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti , 1925–1936, then Bishop of Taubaté
- René de Pontes , 1938-1940
- Rodolfo das Mercês de Oliveira Pena , 1942–1960
- José Costa Campos , 1960–1979, then Bishop of Divinópolis
- Amaury Castanho , 1979–1989, then Coadjutor Bishop of Jundiaí
- Elias James Manning OFMConv , 1990-2014
- Nelson Francelino Ferreira , since 2014
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Valença on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)