Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Garanhuns / Garanhunen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)
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Bishop (2024.05.14 – ...): | Bishop Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira (47) |
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Bishop Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira (47) Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)
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Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (55) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)
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Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R. (78) (later Archbishop) Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Brazil (Brazil)
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Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer
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Bishop Tiago Postma
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Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (later Archbishop)
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Bishop José Adelino Dantas
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Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes
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Bishop Juvéncio de Brito
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Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva Omnia possum in eo qui me confortat
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Bishop João Tavares de Moura
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Area: 8,734 km²
Population: 629,000 Catholics (90.6% of 694,162 total)
Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes
Personnel: 61 priests (51 diocesan, 10 religious), 19 deacons, 91 religious (22 brothers, 69 sisters), 31 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.08.13
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