Diocese of Itumbiara, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Itumbiara / Itumbiaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Goiânia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Rita of Cascia (May 22)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.10.11: Established as Diocese of Itumbiara / Itumbiaren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia and became suffragan of Goiânia)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.07.13 – ...):

Bishop José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itumbiara (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (64)
(2023.07.13 – ...)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil)

Amoris officium pascere

Born:	1960.07.21 (Ourinhos, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.07.13

Priest of Santo Amaro (Brazil) (1986.12.21 – 2013.05.08)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2000.02.16 – 2013.05.08)

Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts (2010.06.14 – 2013.05.08)

Titular Bishop of Enera (2013.05.08 – 2023.07.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2013.05.08 – 2023.07.13)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (2023.07.13 – ...)

Bishop Antônio Fernando Brochini, C.S.S.
(2014.10.15 – 2023.07.13)

Testemunho de Comunhão

Born:	1946.11.10 (Rio Claro, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.03
Died:	2024.03.15 (Uberlândia, MG, Brazil † 77)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (2001.12.12 – 2003.06.25)

Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (2003.06.25 – 2014.10.15)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (2014.10.15 – 2023.07.13)

Bishop Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis
(1999.02.24 – 2013.12.01)

In omnibus Christus

Born:	1943.02.22 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1966.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.01
Died:	2013.12.01 († 70)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1999.02.24 – 2013.12.01)

Bishop Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P.
(1995.01.25 – 1998.05.06)

Ad Serviendum

Born:	1928.03.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.04.22
Died:	2014.05.11 († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil) (1972.01.31 – 1975.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Campli (1972.01.31 – 1976.05.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil) (1975.01.14 – 1976.05.05)

Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil) (1976.05.05 – 1995.01.25)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1995.01.25 – 1998.05.06)

Bishop José Carlos Castanho de Almeida
(1987.09.05 – 1994.03.23)

Scio Cui Credidi

Born:	1930.06.14 (Guarei, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.05.02
Died:	2022.02.27 (Sorocaba, SP, Brazil † 91)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1982.03.03 – 1987.09.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1982.03.03 – 1987.09.05)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1987.09.05 – 1994.03.23)

Bishop of Araçatuba (Brazil) (1994.03.23 – 2003.09.17)

Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento
(1981.06.27 – 1987.02.06)

Fide in Fidem

Born:	1932.12.29 (Mercês, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.29
Died:	2019.01.08 († 86)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1981.06.27 – 1987.02.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1987.02.06 – 1989.02.27)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1989.02.27 – 2009.02.11)

Bishop José de Lima
(1973.04.13 – 1981.06.07)

In caritate

Born:	1924.02.21 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.07.15
Died:	2013.06.12 († 89)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1973.04.13 – 1981.06.07)

Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil) (1981.06.07 – 1999.10.27)

Bishop José Francisco Versiani Velloso
(1966.10.27 – 1972.05.17)

Born:	1919.05.28 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1942.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.01.25
Died:	1972.05.17 († 52)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1966.10.27 – 1972.05.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Rita de Cássia, Itumbiara, Goiás

Churches by City (27)

Jataí (←), Goiânia (↑), Ipameri (→), Uberlândia (↘), Ituiutaba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,151 km²

Population: 204,500 Catholics (61.2% of 334,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 32 priests (19 diocesan, 13 religious), 13 deacons, 21 religious (15 brothers, 6 sisters), 3 seminarians