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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
22,947 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+55 64 3491-1489

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 285,000 214,000 (75.1%)

Established
  
11 October 1966 (50 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Divino Espírito Santo

Bishop
  
Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F.

Address
  
Av. Barão do Rio Branco, 1 - S Central, Ipameri - GO, 75780-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri (Latin: Dioecesis Ipameriensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ipameri in the Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

Contents

History

  • October 11, 1966: Established as Diocese of Ipameri from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Ipameri (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F. (1999.05.19 – present)
  • Archbishop Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila (Apostolic Administrator 1998.07.29 – 1999.05.19)
  • Bishop Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (1986.12.19 – 1998.07.29)
  • Bishop Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira (later Archbishop) (1975.12.19 – 1985.10.23)
  • Bishop Gilberto Pereira Lopes (later Archbishop) (1966.11.03 – 1975.12.19)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri Wikipedia
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