Diocese of Itaguaí, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Itaguaí / Itaguaien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1980.03.14: Established as Diocese of Itaguaí / Itaguaien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda and Diocese of Nova Iguaçu and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.19 – ...):

Bishop Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itaguaí (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento (61)
(2023.04.19 – ...)

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)

In omnia amare et servire

Born:	1963.04.14 (Lagarto, SE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.01.06

Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1989.05.13 – 2017.10.27)

Titular Bishop of Aguntum (2017.10.27 – 2023.04.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2017.10.27 – 2023.04.19)

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil) (2023.04.19 – ...)

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (77)
(1999.11.17 – 2023.04.19)

Bishop emeritus of Itaguaí (Brazil)

Deus é Amor

Born:	1947.09.07 (Itambacuri, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.02.20

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil) (1999.11.17 – 2023.04.19)

Bishop Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm.
(1980.04.21 – 1998.07.08)

Testificari Evangelio Gratiæ Dei

Born:	1931.11.30 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.08.13
Died:	2014.06.11 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena (1978.06.05 – 1980.04.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil) (1978.06.05 – 1980.04.21)

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1998.07.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Francisco Xavier, Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro
World Heritage Site: Igreja Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
World Heritage Site: Igreja São Sebastião, Vila do Abraão, Rio de Janeiro

Churches by City (20)

Taubaté (↙), Lorena (←), Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (↖), Nova Iguaçu (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,651 km²

Population: 320,590 Catholics (68.6% of 467,218 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes

Personnel: 21 priests (17 diocesan, 4 religious), 13 deacons, 15 religious (15 brothers), 11 seminarians