Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri (Latin: Dioecesis Ipameriensis) is a suffragan diocese in the Latin rite Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Goiânia in Goiás state, Center-West Brazil.

Diocese of Ipameri

Dioecesis Ipameriensis
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceGoiânia
Statistics
Area22,947 km2 (8,860 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
285,000
214,000 (75.1%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established11 October 1966 (54 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Divino Espírito Santo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, dedicated to the Holy Spirit, in the city of Ipameri. It is vacant without apostolic administrator.

History

  • Established on 11 October 1966 as Diocese of Ipameri, on territory split from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Goiania.
  • Lost territory on 1989.03.29 to establish the Diocese of Luziânia

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 299,000 Catholics (93.4% of 320,000 total population) on 296,426 km² in 17 parishes with 33 priests (17 diocesan, 16 religious), 66 lay religious (21 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman rite native Brazilians)

Suffragan Bishops of Ipameri
  • Gilberto Pereira Lopes (1966.11.03 – 1975.12.19), next Titular Archbishop of Aurusuliana (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1982.02.10 – retired 2004.06.02)
  • Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira (1975.12.19 – 1985.10.23); previously Titular Bishop of Arindela (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1985.10.23 – retired 2002.05.08), died 2017
  • Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (1986.12.19 – 1998.07.29), died 2001: previously Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil) (1984.04.04 – 1986.12.19)
    • Apostolic Administrator Archbishop Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila (1998.07.29 – 1999.05.19), while Titular Archbishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1990.10.31 – 1998.03.07) as Archbishop Military Ordinariate of Brazil (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14); previously Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Brasília (Brazil) (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31)
  • Guilherme Antônio Werlang, Missionaries of the Holy Family (M.S.F.) (1999.05.19 – 2018.02.07)), next Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2018.02.07 – ...).
  • José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo (2019.05.15 - ...,,)

See also


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