Diocese of Campos, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Campos / Camposin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Niterói

Neighbouring Dioceses: Nova Friburgo (↙), Leopoldina (←), Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santíssimo Salvador (August 6)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1922.12.04: Established as Diocese of Campos / Camposin(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Niterói and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)
1960.03.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nova Friburgo and became suffragan of Niterói

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.06.08 – ...):

Bishop Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz (73)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Campos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz (73)
(2011.06.08 – ...)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil)

In libertatem vocati estis

Born:	1953.06.05 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.02.22

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1989.12.16 – 2007.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Accia (2007.12.19 – 2011.06.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (2007.12.19 – 2011.06.08)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (2011.06.08 – ...)

Bishop Roberto Gomes Guimarães
(1995.11.22 – 2011.06.08)

Requiram Oves Meas

Born:	1936.01.03 (Campos, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.07
Died:	2025.05.29 (Campos, RJ, Brazil † 89)

Priest of Campos (Brazil) (1961.12.08 – 1995.11.22)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1995.11.22 – 2011.06.08)

Bishop João Corso, S.D.B.
(1990.10.12 – 1995.11.22)

Mihi Vivere Christus

Born:	1928.03.30 (Cajobí, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.12.08
Died:	2014.10.15 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 86)

Prelate Auditor of Tribunal of the Roman Rota (1985.09.07 – 1990.10.12)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1990.10.12 – 1995.11.22)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro (later Archbishop)
(1981.08.29 – 1990.05.09)

Cum Maria matre Jesu

Born:	1931.10.30 (Engenho Novo, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.12.12
Died:	2003.02.02 (Niterói, RJ, Brazil † 71)

Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1959.06.29 – 1975.10.24)

Titular Bishop of Cenæ (1975.10.24 – 1981.08.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1975.10.24 – 1981.08.29)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1981.08.29 – 1990.05.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1990.05.09 – 2003.02.02)

Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer ▼
(1949.01.03 – 1981.08.29)

Ipsa conteret

Born:	1904.06.20 (Campinas, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1927.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.23
Died:	1991.04.25 (Campos, RJ, Brazil † 86)

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1927.10.30 – 1948.03.06)

Titular Bishop of Priene (1948.03.06 – 1949.01.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1948.03.06 – 1949.01.03)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1949.01.03 – 1981.08.29)

Archbishop Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque
(1935.12.16 – 1949.01.03)

Born:	1866.07.03 (Canguçu, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1888.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.06.11
Died:	1949.01.03 († 82)

Bishop of Piaui (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1922.10.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1922.10.27 – 1935.12.16)

Archbishop-Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – 1949.01.03)

Bishop Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B.
(1925.05.01 – 1935.12.16)

Nec mora nec quies

Born:	1877.11.22 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1901.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.10.18
Died:	1945.03.30 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 67)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1925.05.01 – 1935.12.16)

Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – 1945.03.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer ▼ (1948.03.06 – 1949.01.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica do Santíssimo Salvador, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro
Former Cathedral: Igreja Sao Francisco de Assis, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro
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Churches by City (77)

Nova Friburgo (↙), Leopoldina (←), Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,091 km²

Population: 1,033,000 Catholics (86.4% of 1,195,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 110 priests (89 diocesan, 21 religious), 42 deacons, 91 religious (24 brothers, 67 sisters), 37 seminarians