Diocese of Formosa, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1956.03.26: Established as Territorial Prelature of Formosa / Formosen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins and became suffragan of Goiânia)
- 1966.10.11: Became suffragan of BrasÃlia
- 1979.10.16: Promoted as Diocese of Formosa / Formosen(sis) (Latin)
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2019.02.27 – ...): |  Bishop Adair José Guimarães (64) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Formosa (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Adair José Guimarães (64) (2019.02.27 – ...)Bishop of Formosa (Brazil)Fiat voluntas tuaBorn:1960.06.16 (Mara Rosa, GO, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1986.12.21Consecrated Bishop:2008.05.17Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil) (1986.12.21 – 2008.02.27)Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil) (2008.02.27 – 2019.02.27)Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (2019.02.27 – ...) |
 Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (73) (Apostolic Administrator 2018.03.21 – 2019.02.27) |
 Bishop José Ronaldo Ribeiro (67) (2014.09.24 – 2018.09.12)Bishop emeritus of Formosa (Brazil)In corde legem MeamBorn:1957.02.28 (Uberaba, MG, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1985.05.05Consecrated Bishop:2007.07.25Priest of BrasÃlia (Brazil) (1985.05.05 – 2007.06.06)Bishop of Janaúba (Brazil) (2007.06.06 – 2014.09.24)Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (2014.09.24 – 2018.09.12) |
| Bishop Paulo Roberto Beloto (67) (2005.11.16 – 2013.10.23)Bishop of Franca (Brazil)Evangelii servusBorn:1957.04.09 (Adamantina, SP, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1986.06.29Consecrated Bishop:2006.02.04Priest of MarÃlia (Brazil) (1986.06.29 – 2005.11.16)Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (2005.11.16 – 2013.10.23)Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2013.10.23 – ...) |
| Bishop João Casimiro Wilk (Jan Kazimierz), O.F.M. Conv. (73) (1998.01.28 – 2004.06.09)Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil)Ut amor ameturBorn:1951.09.18 (Seroczyn, Poland)Ordained Priest:1976.06.24Consecrated Bishop:1998.04.04Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (1998.01.28 – 2004.06.09)Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (2004.06.09 – ...) |
| Bishop Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. (1979.10.16 – 1997.12.24)Zelus domus tuæBorn:1919.08.16 (Netherlands)Ordained Priest:1946.08.04Consecrated Bishop:1961.04.09Died:1997.12.24 (†78)Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia (1961.02.04 – 1978.05.26)Bishop-Prelate of Formosa (Brazil) (1961.02.04 – 1979.10.16)Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1997.12.24) |
| Prelates of Formosa (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. (1961.02.04 – 1979.10.16)(see above) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 47,533 km²
Population: 301,800 Catholics (74.9% of 403,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes
Personnel: 43 priests (41 diocesan, 2 religious), 4 deacons, 41 religious (4 brothers, 37 sisters), 17 seminarians