Diocese of Coari, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Coari / Coaritan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Manaus

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1963.07.13: Established as Territorial Prelature of Coari / Coaritan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus and became suffragan of Manaus)
2013.10.09: Promoted as Diocese of Coari / Coaritan(us) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Cúria Prelatícia, Rua Gilberto Mestrinho 277, 69400-000 Coari, AM, Brazil

Phone: (097)3561-2227

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.10.09 – ...):

Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R. (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Coari (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R. (70)
(2013.10.09 – ...)

Bishop of Coari (Brazil)

Discipulus missionarius redemptoris

Born:	1954.10.10 (Tuchów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1980.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.08.12

Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil) (2011.06.15 – 2013.10.09)

Bishop of Coari (Brazil) (2013.10.09 – ...)

Prelates of Coari (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R. (70)
(2011.06.15 – 2013.10.09)

(see above)

Bishop Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R. (71)
(2007.02.28 – 2009.07.22)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Coari (Brazil)

Eu vos escolhi

Born:	1953.09.03 (Virgínia, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1983.02.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.25

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil) (2005.11.30 – 2007.02.28)

Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil) (2007.02.28 – 2009.07.22)

Bishop Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.SS.R. (84)
(1974.10.21 – 2007.02.28)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Coari (Brazil)

Estarei sempre convosco

Born:	1940.08.14 (Lago do Anamã, AM, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.07.23

Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil) (1974.10.21 – 2007.02.28)

Bishop Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R.
(1964.04.24 – 1973.04.13)

Ministrare non ministrari

Born:	1922.03.04 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1948.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.06.02
Died:	1973.04.13 († 51)

Bishop-Prelate of Coari (Brazil) (1964.04.24 – 1973.04.13)

Titular Bishop of Gaguari (1966.03.23 – 1973.04.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Lábrea (Brazil) (1970.05.02 – 1971.06.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.SS.R. (71) (2005.11.30 – 2007.02.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sant’Ana e São Sebastião, Coari, Amazonas
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (15)

Lábrea (↙), Tefé (←), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (↖), Manaus (→), Borba (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 103,388 km²

Population: 210,000 Catholics (84.3% of 249,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes

Personnel: 18 priests (15 diocesan, 3 religious), 19 religious (4 brothers, 15 sisters), 4 seminarians