Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás

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Diocese of Goiasensis
Dioecesis Goiás
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Goiânia
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 23,573 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
224,395 (2006)
208,000 (92.7%)
Cathedral: Catedral Sant’Ana
Ordinaries
Bishop: Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás {Latin: Goiasen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Goiás in the Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

[edit] History

  • December 6, 1745: Established as Territorial Prelature of Goiás from the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • July 15, 1826: Promoted as Diocese of Goiás
  • November 18, 1932: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás
  • March 26, 1956: Demoted as Diocese of Goiás

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Goiás (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen (1998.12.02 – present)
    • Bishop Tomás Balduino, O.P. (1967.11.10 – 1998.12.02)
    • Bishop Abel Ribeiro Camelo (1960.05.14 – 1966.11.24)
    • Bishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. (1957.01.17 – 1959.11.27)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Goiás (Roman Rite)
    • Archbishop Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1932.11.18 – 1955.05.12)
  • Bishops of Goiás (Roman Rite)
    • Bishop Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1922.10.27 – 1932.11.18)
    • Bishop Prudencio Gomes da Silva (1907.11.17 – 1921.09.19)
    • Bishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (later Cardinal) (1891.06.26 – 1892.08.26)
    • Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva (later Archbishop) (1891.01.16 – 1907.11.06)
    • Bishop Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, C.M. (later Archbishop) (1881.05.13 – 1890.06.26)
    • Bishop Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides (1876.11.18 – 1877.06.25)
    • Bishop Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo (later Archbishop) (1865.09.25 – 1876.12.19)
    • Bishop Domingos Quirino de Souza (1860.05.04 – 1863.09.12)
    • Bishop Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo (1844.07.29 – 1854.08.12)
    • Bishop Francisco Ferreira de Azevedo (1819.05.29 – 1844.07.29)
  • Prelates of Goiás (Roman Rite)
    • Bishop Antônio Rodrigues de Aguiar (1810.06.24 – 1818.10.03)
    • Bishop Vicente Alexandre de Tovar (1803.06.20 – 1808.10.08)
    • Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil (1788.03.07 – ?)
    • Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. (1782.12.17 – 1788.11.29)

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