Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré

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Diocese of Nazaré
Dioecesis Nazarensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Olinda e Recife
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 5,986 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
904,261 (2004)
768,261 (85.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Ordinaries
Bishop: Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré {Latin: Nazaren(sis) in Brasilia} is a diocese located in the city of Nazaré da Mata in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Nazaré (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. (2007.03.07 – present)
    • Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas (1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)
    • Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira (1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)
    • Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)
    • Bishop João de Souza Lima (later Archbishop) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)
    • Bishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (later Archbishop) (1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14)
    • Bishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela (1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)

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