Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns

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Diocese of Garanhuns
Dioecesis Garanhunensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Olinda e Recife
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 8,734 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
612,000 (2006)
551,000 (90.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio
Ordinaries
Bishop: Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns {Latin: Garanhunen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Garanhuns in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.

[edit] History

  • August 2, 1918: Established as Diocese of Garanhuns from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Garanhuns (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R. (2008.03.12 – present)
    • Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30)
    • Bishop Tiago Postma (1974.06.20 – 1995.03.15)
    • Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (later Archbishop) (1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25)
    • Bishop José Adelino Dantas (1958.05.03 – 1967.02.20)
    • Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes (1954.08.24 – 1957.07.01)
    • Bishop Juvéncio de Brito (1945.12.15 – 1954.01.31)
    • Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (later Archbishop) (1938.05.26 – 1944.09.10)
    • Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva (1929.04.02 – 1937.05.19)
    • Bishop João Tavares de Moura (1919.07.03 – 1928.07.20)

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