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Diocese of Nazaré, Brazil 🇧🇷

Celebrations

History

  • 1918.08.02: Established as Diocese of NazarĂ© / Nazaren(sis) in Brasilia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and became suffragan of Olinda e Recife)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nazaré (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61)Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (61)
(2016.07.13 – ...)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)

Lux vestra luceat

Born:1963.10.19 (Jardim do SeridĂł, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1991.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:2008.08.17

Priest of Caicó (Brazil) (1991.07.21 – 2008.05.28)

Bishop of Guarabira (Brazil) (2008.05.28 – 2016.07.13)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (2016.07.13 – ...)

Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. (79)Bishop Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. (79)
(2007.03.07 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)

Fiat Voluntas Tua

Born:1945.01.29 (Bezeros, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:2004.10.07

Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana (2004.08.04 – 2007.03.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santarém (Brazil) (2004.08.04 – 2007.03.07)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (2007.03.07 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas (89)Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas (89)
(1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)

Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)

Segregatus in Evangelium

Born:1935.06.14 (Palmeira dos ĂŤndios, AL, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1965.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:1981.06.14

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1981.03.15 – 1986.11.07)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)

Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira
(1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)

Born:1916.02.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1948.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:1963.05.26
Died:2002.01.24 († 85)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)

Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa
(1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)

Ignem amoris accende

Born:1915.09.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1940.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:1954.08.15
Died:2006.07.25 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Knin (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (1954.05.31 – 1959.06.20)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1962.08.23 – 1981.05.20)

Bishop JoĂŁo de Souza Lima (later Archbishop)
(1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)

Born:1913.03.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1939.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:1949.09.21
Died:1984.10.01 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Derbe (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil) (1972 – 1975)

Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.19)

Bishop Carlos GouvĂŞa Coelho (later Archbishop)
(1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14)

In caritate Christi

Born:1907.12.28 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1930.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:1948.05.02
Died:1964.03.07 († 56)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14)

Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1954.12.14 – 1960.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1960.03.26 – 1964.03.07)

Bishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela
(1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)

Born:1887.04.03 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1910.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:1919.09.07
Died:1958.08.08 († 71)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)

Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos (1946.08.16 – 1958.08.08)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

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