Diocese of Roraima, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Roraima / Roraimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Manaus

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.04.21: Established as Apostolic Administration of Rio Branco / de Rio Branco (Latin) (from the suppressed Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro)
1944.08.30: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco / de Rio Branco (Latin) (became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1948.05.19: Lost territory to establish Territorial Abbacy of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro
1952.02.16: Became suffragan of Manaus
1963.04.29: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Roraima / Roraimen(sis) (Latin)
1979.10.16: Promoted as Diocese of Roraima / Roraimen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.01.25 – ...):

Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M. (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Roraima (Roman Rite)

Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M. (66)
(2023.01.25 – ...)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil)

Avança para águas profundas

Born:	1959.03.29 (Gaspar, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.06

Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) (2016.06.01 – 2023.01.25)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (2023.01.25 – ...)

Bishop Mário Antônio da Silva (59) (later Archbishop)
(2016.06.22 – 2022.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Testemunhar e servir

Born:	1966.10.17 (Itararé, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.08.20

Priest of Jacarezinho (Brazil) (1991.12.21 – 2010.06.09)

Titular Bishop of Arena (2010.06.09 – 2016.06.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2010.06.09 – 2016.06.22)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (2016.06.22 – 2022.02.23)

Second Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2019.05.06 – 2023.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2022.02.23 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil) (2023.06.07 – 2023.10.04)

Bishop Roque Paloschi (69) (later Archbishop)
(2005.05.18 – 2015.10.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil)

Fiz-me servo

Born:	1956.11.05 (Progresso, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.07.17

Priest of Bagé (Brazil) (1986.12.07 – 2005.05.18)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (2005.05.18 – 2015.10.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil) (2015.10.14 – ...)

Bishop Apparecido José Dias, S.V.D.
(1996.06.26 – 2004.05.30)

Born:	1931.12.28 (Itajobi, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1958.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.02.16
Died:	2004.05.30 (Boa Vista, RO, Brazil † 72)

Bishop of Registro (Brazil) (1974.12.13 – 1996.06.26)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (1996.06.26 – 2004.05.30)

Bishop Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C.
(1979.10.16 – 1996.06.26)

Gratia et pax multiplicentur

Born:	1919.11.01 (Pontestura, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.10.05
Died:	2020.04.15 (Moncalvo, Italy † 100)

Titular Bishop of Nasai (1975.05.14 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Roraima (Brazil) (1975.05.14 – 1979.10.16)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1996.06.26)

Prelates of Roraima (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C.
(1975.05.14 – 1979.10.16)

(see above)

Bishop Servílio Conti, I.M.C.
(1965.01.01 – 1975.05.03)

Servus tuus ego sum

Born:	1916.10.19 (Vertova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1944.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.05.05
Died:	2014.09.14 († 97)

Bishop-Prelate of Roraima (Brazil) (1965.01.01 – 1975.05.03)

Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius (1968.02.08 – 2014.09.14)

Bishop José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C.
(1952.04.18 – 1965)

Born:	1893.04.25 (Mathe Canarese, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1920.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.07.06
Died:	1966.08.09 († 73)

Prefect Apostolic of Meru (Kenya) (1936.09.16 – 1948.08.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco (Brazil) (1948.08.07 – 1952.04.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Roraima (Brazil) (1952.04.18 – 1965)

Titular Bishop of Helos (1952.04.18 – 1966.08.09)

Prelates of Rio Branco (Roman Rite)

Fr. José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1948.08.07 – 1952.04.18)

Bishop Lorenz Zeller, O.S.B.
(1944.08.30 – 1945.09.01)

Born:	1873.07.13 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1899.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.02.05
Died:	1945.09.01 († 72)

Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of Rio Branco (Brazil) (1939.01.07 – 1944.08.30)

Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum (1939.01.07 – 1945.09.01)

Bishop-Prelate of Rio Branco (Brazil) (1944.08.30 – 1945.09.01)

Bishop Lorenz Zeller, O.S.B.
(Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis 1939.01.07 – 1944.08.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Cristo Redentor, Boa Vista, Roraima
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (17)

São Gabriel da Cachoeira (↙), Puerto Ayacucho (←), Ciudad Bolívar (↖), Caroní (↑), Georgetown (↗), Óbidos (↘), Itacoatiara (↘), Manaus (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 224,298 km²

Population: 352,000 Catholics (55.0% of 640,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 45 priests (20 diocesan, 25 religious), 3 deacons, 97 religious (34 brothers, 63 sisters), 3 seminarians