Diocese of Garanhuns

Dioecesis Garanhunensis
Catedral Santo Antônio in 2013
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceOlinda e Recife
Statistics
Area8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
612,000
551,000 (90.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established2 August 1918 (105 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Santo Antônio
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPaulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa
Metropolitan ArchbishopFernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B.
Map
Website
www.diocesegaranhuns.org

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

History

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

Bishops

  • Bishops of Garanhuns (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
    • Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (2015-05.20 - present)
    • Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R. (2008.03.12 – 2014.08.06), appointed Bishop of Brazil, Military
    • Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30), appointed Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina
    • Bishop Tiago Postma (1974.06.20 – 1995.03.15)
    • Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
    • Bishop José Adelino Dantas (1958.05.03 – 1967.02.20), appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia
    • 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 (1938.05.26 – 1944.09.10), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará
    • Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva (1929.04.02 – 1937.05.19)
    • Bishop João Tavares de Moura (1919.07.03 – 1928.07.20)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara

References

8°53′26″S 36°29′31″W / 8.8906°S 36.4920°W / -8.8906; -36.4920


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