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Celebrations

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.07.13 – ...): Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61)Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nazaré (Roman Rite)
Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61)Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61) (2016.07.13 – ...)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)Lux vestra luceatBorn:1963.10.19 (Jardim do Seridó, RN, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1991.07.21Consecrated Bishop:2008.08.17Priest of Caicó (Brazil) (1991.07.21 – 2008.05.28)Bishop of Guarabira (Brazil) (2008.05.28 – 2016.07.13)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (2016.07.13 – ...)
Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. (79)Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. (79) (2007.03.07 – 2015.11.25)Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)Fiat Voluntas TuaBorn:1945.01.29 (Bezeros, PE, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1972.12.08Consecrated Bishop:2004.10.07Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana (2004.08.04 – 2007.03.07)Auxiliary Bishop of Santarém (Brazil) (2004.08.04 – 2007.03.07)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (2007.03.07 – 2015.11.25)
Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas (89)Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas (89) (1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)Segregatus in EvangeliumBorn:1935.06.14 (Palmeira dos Índios, AL, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1965.01.10Consecrated Bishop:1981.06.14Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1981.03.15 – 1986.11.07)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)
Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira (1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)Born:1916.02.25 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1948.06.27Consecrated Bishop:1963.05.26Died:2002.01.24 († 85)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)
Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)Ignem amoris accendeBorn:1915.09.12 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1940.03.23Consecrated Bishop:1954.08.15Died:2006.07.25 († 90)Titular Bishop of Knin (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20)Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1962.08.23 – 1981.05.20)
Bishop João de Souza Lima (later Archbishop) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)Born:1913.03.22 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1939.11.12Consecrated Bishop:1949.09.21Died:1984.10.01 († 71)Titular Bishop of Derbe (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21)Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil) (1972 – 1975)Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.19)
Bishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (later Archbishop) (1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14)In caritate ChristiBorn:1907.12.28 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1930.02.09Consecrated Bishop:1948.05.02Died:1964.03.07 († 56)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14)Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1954.12.14 – 1960.03.26)Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1960.03.26 – 1964.03.07)
Bishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela (1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)Born:1887.04.03 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1910.11.20Consecrated Bishop:1919.09.07Died:1958.08.08 († 71)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos (1946.08.16 – 1958.08.08)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,956 km²

Population: 929,000 Catholics (85.1% of 1,092,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 81 priests (71 diocesan, 10 religious), 19 deacons, 46 religious (16 brothers, 30 sisters), 40 seminarians