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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Pope
  
Phone
  
+55 62 3223-0756

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Washington Cruz

Rite
  
Area
  
13,855 km²

Country
  
Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)1,850,0001,115,550 (60.3%)

Established
  
26 March 1956 (60 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora

Address
  
Praça Dom Emanoel Gomes de Oliveira, S/N - Centro, Goiânia - GO, 74030-140, Brazil

Hours
  
Closing soon · 8AM–6PMTuesday8AM–6PMWednesday8AM–6PMThursday8AM–6PMFriday8AM–6PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–6PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Catedral Metropolit de Goiânia, Paróquia Nossa Senhora, Paróquia do Imaculad, Igreja Matriz de Campinas, Igreja São Paulo Apóstolo

Profiles

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia (Latin: Archidioecesis Goianiensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Goiânia in Brazil.

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History

  • March 26, 1956: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás
  • Special churches

  • Minor Basilica:
  • Basílica do Divino Pai Eterno, Trindade
  • Episcopal ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite)

    1. Fernando Gomes dos Santos (7 March 1957 – 1 June 1985)
    2. Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira (23 October 1985 – 8 May 2002)
    3. Washington Cruz, CP (8 May 2002 – )

    Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Anápolis
  • Diocese of Goiás
  • Diocese of Ipameri
  • Diocese of Itumbiara
  • Diocese of Jataí
  • Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia
  • Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia Wikipedia


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