Diocese of Nazaré, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1918.08.02: Established as Diocese of Nazaré / Nazaren(sis) in Brasilia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife)
Present Prelates
Bishop (2016.07.13 – ...): | Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61) |
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Ordinaries
Bishops of Nazaré (Roman Rite) |
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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) (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) (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
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias (1982.07.14 – 1986.11.07)
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