Diocese of Rio Branco, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1919.10.04: Established as Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus / Acren(sis) et Puruen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Amazonas and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
- 1926.12.10: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus / Sancti Peregrini Latiosi in Superioribus Acre et Purus (Latin)
- 1952.02.16: Became suffragan of Manaus
- 1958.04.26: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus / Acren(sis) et Puruen(sis) (Latin)
- 1986.02.15: Promoted as Diocese of Rio Branco / Fluminis Albi Superioris (Latin)
- 2001.08.31: Became suffragan of Porto Velho
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Bishops of Rio Branco (Roman Rite) |
|---|
 Bishop JoaquÃn PertÃñez Fernández, O.A.R. (71) (1999.02.24 – ...)Bishop of Rio Branco (Brazil)Ad Majorem DilectionemBorn:1952.09.22 (Monachil, Spain)Ordained Priest:1978.07.16Consecrated Bishop:1999.05.30Bishop of Rio Branco (Brazil) (1999.02.24 – ...) |
| Bishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. (later Archbishop) (1986.02.15 – 1998.07.29)Born:1936.01.19 (Araranguá, SC, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1961.06.29Consecrated Bishop:1973.10.21Died:2019.06.17 (Porto Velho, RO, Brazil †83)Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) (1972.07.10 – 1986.02.15)Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia (1973.07.20 – 1978.05.26)Bishop of Rio Branco (Brazil) (1986.02.15 – 1998.07.29)Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1998.07.29 – 2011.11.30) |
| Prelates of Acre e Purus (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. (later Archbishop) (1972.07.10 – 1986.02.15)(see above) |
| Bishop Giocondo MarÃa Grotti, O.S.M. (1962.11.16 – 1971.09.28)Born:1928.03.13 (Spain)Ordained Priest:1952.06.07Consecrated Bishop:1965.08.22Died:1971.09.28 (†43)Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) (1962.11.16 – 1971.09.28)Titular Bishop of Thunigaba (1965.07.08 – 1971.09.28) |
| Bishop Antônio Julio MarÃa Mattioli, S.M. (1958.04.26 – 1962.04.13)Born:1902.07.20 (Spain)Ordained Priest:1925.08.09Consecrated Bishop:1948.07.25Died:1962.04.13 (†59)Apostolic Administrator of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil) (1941 – 1948.01.10)Bishop-Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil) (1948.01.10 – 1958.04.26)Titular Bishop of Lacedæmonia (1948.01.10 – 1962.04.13)Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) (1958.04.26 – 1962.04.13) |
| Prelates of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Antônio Julio MarÃa Mattioli, S.M. (1948.01.10 – 1958.04.26)(see above) |
| Fr. Antônio Julio MarÃa Mattioli, S.M. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1941 – 1948.01.10) |
| Bishop Próspero M. Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M. (1926.12.10 – 1940)Born:1870.12.13 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1894.05.19Consecrated Bishop:1920.01.11Died:1944.02.01 (†73)Bishop-Prelate of Acre e Purus (Brazil) (1919.12.15 – 1926.12.10)Titular Bishop of Paltus (1919.12.15 – 1944.02.01)Bishop-Prelate of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus (Brazil) (1926.12.10 – 1940) |
| Prelates of Acre e Purus (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Próspero M. Gustavo Bernardi, O.S.M. (1919.12.15 – 1926.12.10)(see above) |
| Bishop Geraldo Van Caloen, O.S.B. (1906.03.12 – 1907.12.13) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 102,595 km²
Population: 502,500 Catholics (71.7% of 701,163 total)
Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes
Personnel: 41 priests (25 diocesan, 16 religious), 41 deacons, 82 religious (22 brothers, 60 sisters), 13 seminarians