Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Goiânia / Goianien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Anápolis, Goiás, Ipameri, Itumbiara, Jataí, Rubiataba–Mozarlândia, São Luís de Montes Belos

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 8 (1966)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.03.26: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia / Goianien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás and with suffragan sees Goiás, Jataí, Porto Nacional, Uruaçu, Cristalândia, Formosa and Tocantinópolis)
1960.01.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Brasília
1961.11.25: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos and gained suffragan see São Luís de Montes Belos
1966.10.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Anápolis, Diocese of Ipameri and Diocese of Itumbiara, lost suffragan sees Uruaçu and Formosa and gained suffragan sees Anápolis, Ipameri, Itumbiara, Miracema do Norte and Rubiataba
1996.03.27: Lost suffragan sees Miracema do Tocantins, Porto Nacional, Tocantinópolis and Cristalândia

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.10)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.12.09 – ...):	Archbishop João Justino de Medeiros Silva (58) Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil
Auxiliary Bishop (2014.10.08 – ...):	Bishop Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei (67) Titular Bishop of Accia
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.02.02 – ...):	Bishop Danival Milagres Coelho (48) Titular Bishop of Vatarba
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.12.21 – ...):	Bishop José Roberto dos Reis, C.P. (47) Titular Bishop of Feradi minus

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Goiânia (Roman Rite)

Archbishop João Justino de Medeiros Silva (58)
(2021.12.09 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil)
Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil

Para dar testemunho da luz

Born:	1966.12.22 (Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.02.11

Priest of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1992.12.13 – 2011.12.21)

Titular Bishop of Tullia (2011.12.21 – 2017.02.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2011.12.21 – 2017.02.22)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (2017.02.22 – 2018.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (2018.11.21 – 2021.12.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (2021.12.09 – ...)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2023.04.24 – ...)

Archbishop Washington Cruz, C.P. (78)
(2002.05.08 – 2021.12.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Goiânia (Brazil)

Prædicamus Crucifixum

Born:	1946.05.25 (Itabuna, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.05.09

Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil) (1987.02.10 – 2002.05.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (2002.05.08 – 2021.12.09)

Archbishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira
(1985.10.23 – 2002.05.08)

Ut Unum Sint

Born:	1926.06.10 (Orizona, GO, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1949.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.29
Died:	2017.02.28 (Goiania, GO, Brazil † 90)

Titular Bishop of Arindela (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19)

Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil) (1975.12.19 – 1985.10.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1985.10.23 – 2002.05.08)

Archbishop Fernando Gomes dos Santos
(1957.03.07 – 1985.06.01)

Prædica verbum

Born:	1910.04.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1932.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.04.04
Died:	1985.06.01 († 75)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1943.01.09 – 1949.02.01)

Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1949.02.01 – 1957.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1957.03.07 – 1985.06.01)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Moacir Silva Arantes (55) (2016.05.11 – 2020.10.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello (58) (2009.12.30 – 2014.12.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira (later Archbishop) (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, Goiânia, Goiás
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Goiânia, Goiás
Minor Basilica: Basílica do Divino Pai Eterno, Trindade, Goiás
Minor Basilica: Santuário Basílica Sagrada Família, Goiânia, Goiás
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (132)

São Luís de Montes Belos (←), Goiás (↖), Anápolis (↑), Luziânia (↗), Ipameri (↘), Itumbiara (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,320 km²

Population: 1,335,388 Catholics (52.1% of 2,564,664 total)

Pastoral Centres: 122 parishes, 452 missions

Personnel: 220 priests (106 diocesan, 114 religious), 48 deacons, 461 religious (175 brothers, 286 sisters), 14 seminarians