Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás

Diocese of Goiasensis Dioecesis Goiasensis
Cathedral of Goiás
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Goiânia
Statistics
Area	23,573 km2 (9,102 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 224,395 208,000 (92.7%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6 December 1745 (278 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Sant’Ana
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jeová Elias Ferreira
Bishops emeritus	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen
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The Diocese of Goiás (Latin: Dioecesis Goiasensis) is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Goiás. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia in Brazil.^[1][2]

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

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Bishops of Goiás (Roman rite), below
  • Bishop Jeová Elias Ferreira (2020.05.27 – present)
  • Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen (1998.12.02 – 2020.05.27)
  • 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), below
  • Archbishop Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (see below 1932.11.18 – 1955.05.12)
• Bishops of Goiás (Roman Rite), below
  • Bishop Emanuel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1922.10.27 – 1932.11.18 see above)
  • Bishop Prudencio Gomes da Silva (1907.11.17 – 1921.09.19)
  • Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva (1891.01.23 - 1907.11.06), appointed Bishop of Uberaba; future Archbishop
  • Bishop Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1891.06.26 – 1891.10.27); future Archbishop and Cardinal
  • Bishop Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leão, C.M. (1881.05.13 – 1890.06.26), appointed Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul; future Archbishop
  • Bishop Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides (1876.11.18 – 1877.06.25), appointed Bishop of Mariana
  • Bishop Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo (later Archbishop) (1865.09.25 – 1876.12.19), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
  • 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), below
  • 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 – 1793?)
  • Bishop Vicente do Espirito Santo, O.A.D. (1782.12.17 – 1788.11.29)

Auxiliary bishop

• Abel Ribeiro Camelo (1947-1957), appointed Bishop of Jataí, Goias (later returned here as Archbishop)

See also

• Our Lady of the Rosary Parish

References

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