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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
26,797 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+55 62 3325-1211

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)105,55084,835 (80.4%)

Established
  
11 October 1966 (50 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória,Rubiataba

Co-cathedral
  
Co-Catedral Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro,Mozarlândia

Address
  
Rua Jaracatia Qd, 34 - S Bela Vista, Rubiataba - GO, 76350-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Latin: Dioecesis Rubiatabensis-Mozarlandensis) is a diocese located in the cities of Rubiataba and Mozarlândia in the Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

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History

On 11 October 1966, Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia as the Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba from the Diocese of Goiás and Diocese of Uruaçu. Blessed John Paul II renamed the prelature as the Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia on 18 April 1979. On 16 October of the same year the prelature was elevated to a diocese.

Leadership

  • Prelates of Rubiataba (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Juvenal Roriz, C.Ss.R. (later Archbishop) (1966.10.27 – 1978.05.05)
  • Prelates of Rubiataba – Mozarlândia (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. (1979.09.14 – 1979.10.16)
  • Bishops of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Roman rite)
  • Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. (1979.10.16 – 2008.02.27)
  • Bishop Adair José Guimarães (2008.02.27 – present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia Wikipedia
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