Diocese of Goiás
Diocese of Goiasensis Dioecesis Goiasensis  | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil | 
| Ecclesiastical province | Goiânia | 
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,573 km2 (9,102 sq mi) | 
Population
 
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church | 
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church | 
| Rite | Roman Rite | 
| Established | 6 December 1745 (279 years ago) | 
| Cathedral | Catedral Sant’Ana | 
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV | 
| 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
References
- ^ "Diocese of Goiás" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 3, 2017
 - ^ "Diocese of Goiás" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016
 
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