Diocese of Ji-Paraná, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1978.01.03: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia / Rondonien(sis) (Latin) (from Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and became suffragan of Manaus)
• 1982.10.04: Became suffragan of Porto Velho
• 1983.02.19: Promoted as Diocese of Ji-Paraná / Giparanen(sis) (Latin)
• 1997.12.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Juína

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ji-Paraná (Roman Rite)
Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. (64) (2020.12.02 – ...)Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil)Comigo estásBorn:1960.07.09 (Bonn, Germany)Ordained Priest:1989.12.10Consecrated Bishop:2021.02.27Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil) (2020.12.02 – ...)
Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. (2007.04.11 – 2019.06.05)Ut Unum SintBorn:1944.06.03 (Torreglia, Italy)Ordained Priest:1974.04.06Consecrated Bishop:1999.05.21Died:2022.06.17 (Campo Grande, MS, Brazil † 78)Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (1999.03.24 – 1999.08.04)Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (1999.08.04 – 2007.04.11)Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil) (2007.04.11 – 2019.06.05)
Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. (1983.03.04 – 2007.04.11)O Senhor me ungiu para Evangelizar os pobresBorn:1929.04.05 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1957.12.08Consecrated Bishop:1983.05.15Died:2018.10.27 († 89)Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil) (1983.03.04 – 2007.04.11)
Prelates of Vila Rondônia (Roman Rite)
Bishop José Martins da Silva, S.D.N. (later Archbishop) (1978.01.03 – 1982.10.04)Virtute DeiBorn:1935.06.14 (Tiros, MG, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1963.06.29Consecrated Bishop:1978.04.02Died:2015.01.29 († 79)Bishop-Prelate of Vila Rondônia (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1982.10.04)Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1982.10.04 – 1997.09.03)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 75,788 km²

Population: 288,000 Catholics (43.1% of 668,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 1,215 missions

Personnel: 51 priests (26 diocesan, 25 religious), 1 deacon, 47 religious (27 brothers, 20 sisters), 9 seminarians