Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Petrópolis / Petropolitan(us) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Niterói
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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Bishop (2024.01.31 – ...): | Bishop Joel Portella Amado (70) |
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Bishop Joel Portella Amado (70) Bishop of Petrópolis (Brazil) Omnibus omnia propter evangelium
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Bishop Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (62) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) Parare vias Domini / Preparar os caminhos do senhor
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Bishop Filippo Santoro (76) (later Archbishop) Special Delegate to Memores Domini Lay Association
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Bishop José Carlos de Lima Vaz, S.J.
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Bishop José Fernandes Veloso Veritatem facientes in caritate
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Bishop Manoel Pedro da Cunha Cintra
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Area: 2,880 km²
Population: 656,000 Catholics (77.4% of 848,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes
Personnel: 121 priests (90 diocesan, 31 religious), 56 deacons, 268 religious (89 brothers, 179 sisters), 39 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.12.15
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