Diocese of

Uruaçu

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Uruaçu / Uruassu / Uruassuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Brasília

Neighbouring Dioceses: Goiás (↙), Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (←), Cristalândia (↑), Porto Nacional (↑), Formosa (→), Luziânia (↘), Anápolis (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 17 (2002)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.03.26: Established as Diocese of Uruaçu / Uruassu / Uruassuen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás, from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins and became suffragan of Goiânia)
1966.10.11: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba and became suffragan of Brasília
1989.03.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Luziânia

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.17 – ...):

Bishop Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Uruaçu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovani Carlos Caldas Barroca (57)
(2020.06.17 – ...)

Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Born:	1969.02.14 (Brasília, DF, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1994.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.09.05

Priest of Brasília (Brazil) (1994.12.03 – 2020.06.17)

Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil) (2020.06.17 – ...)

Bishop Messias dos Reis Silveira (67)
(2007.01.03 – 2018.11.14)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil)

Born:	1958.12.25 (Passos, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.11

Priest of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1992.08.11 – 2007.01.03)

Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil) (2007.01.03 – 2018.11.14)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (2018.11.14 – ...)

Bishop José da Silva Chaves (95)
(1976.05.14 – 2007.01.03)

Bishop emeritus of Uruaçu (Brazil)

Obœdientia et Pax

Born:	1930.05.15 (São Domingos, GO, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.02.11

Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil) (1955.12.08 – 1967.11.29)

Titular Bishop of Rusubbicari (1967.11.29 – 1976.05.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil) (1967.11.29 – 1976.05.14)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Uruaçu (Brazil) (1970 – 1976.05.14)

Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil) (1976.05.14 – 2007.01.03)

Bishop José da Silva Chaves (95)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1970 – 1976.05.14)

Bishop Francisco Prada Carrera, C.M.F.
(1957.01.17 – 1976.02.25)

Nec flumina obruent illam

Born:	1893.07.27 (Priaranza del Bierzo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.10.20
Died:	1995.06.07 († 101)

Apostolic Administrator of São José de Alto Tocantins (Brazil) (1937 – 1946.09.03)

Titular Bishop of Bisica (1946.09.03 – 1957.01.17)

Bishop-Prelate of São José de Alto Tocantins (Brazil) (1946.09.03 – 1957.01.17)

Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil) (1957.01.17 – 1976.02.25)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José da Silva Chaves (95) (1967.11.29 – 1976.05.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral do Imaculado Coração de Maria, Uruaçu, Goiás
Former Cathedral: Santuario São José, Niquelândia, Goiás
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (58)

Goiás (↙), Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (←), Cristalândia (↑), Porto Nacional (↑), Formosa (→), Luziânia (↘), Anápolis (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 36,224 km²

Population: 197,000 Catholics (60.1% of 327,934 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes, 339 missions

Personnel: 56 priests (50 diocesan, 6 religious), 4 deacons, 19 religious (6 brothers, 13 sisters), 17 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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