Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Nazaré / Nazaren(sis) in Brasilia (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)
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Bishop (2016.07.13 – ...): | Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (60) |
Bishops of Nazaré (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (60) Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)
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Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. (79) Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)
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Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas (89) Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)
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Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira
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Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa
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Bishop João de Souza Lima (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela
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Area: 5,956 km²
Population: 929,000 Catholics (85.1% of 1,092,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 81 priests (71 diocesan, 10 religious), 19 deacons, 46 religious (16 brothers, 30 sisters), 40 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.13
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