Diocese of

Rubiataba–Mozarlândia

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rubiataba–Mozarlândia / Rubiataben(sis)–Mozarlanden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Goiânia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Glória (August 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.10.11: Established as Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba / Rubiataben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Goiás and Diocese of Uruaçu and became suffragan of Goiânia)
1979.04.18: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia / Rubiataben(sis)–Mozarlanden(sis) (Latin)
1979.10.16: Promoted as Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia / Rubiataben(sis)–Mozarlanden(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Agamenilton Damascena (50)
(2020.09.23 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1975.06.26 (Currais Novos, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2001.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.12.06

Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil) (2001.03.19 – 2020.09.23)

Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil) (2020.09.23 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (2025.05.28 – ...)

Bishop Adair José Guimarães (65)
(2008.02.27 – 2019.02.27)

Bishop of Formosa (Brazil)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1960.06.16 (Mara Rosa, GO, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.17

Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil) (1986.12.21 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil) (2008.02.27 – 2019.02.27)

Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (2019.02.27 – ...)

Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R. (94)
(1979.10.16 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop emeritus of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil)

Cum Maria matre Jesu

Born:	1931.03.14 (Aparecida, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.11.25

Bishop-Prelate of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil) (1979.09.14 – 1979.10.16)

Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 2008.02.27)

Prelates of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect José Carlos de Oliveira, C.SS.R. (94)
(1979.09.14 – 1979.10.16)

(see above)

Prelates of Rubiataba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juvenal Roriz, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1966.10.27 – 1978.05.05)

Born:	1920.10.12 (Goias, GO, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1946.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.10.11
Died:	1994.12.13 († 74)

Bishop-Prelate of Rubiataba (Brazil) (1966.10.27 – 1978.05.05)

Titular Bishop of Lemellefa (1967.08.15 – 1978.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 1990.02.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória, Rubiataba, Goiás
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Mozarlândia, Goiás
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (16)

Barra do Garças (↙), São Félix (↑), Cristalândia (↑), Uruaçu (→), Goiás (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,697 km²

Population: 80,285 Catholics (70.5% of 113,899 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 20 priests (diocesan), 11 religious (11 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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