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Vacant Sees


DioceseTypeDate VacantLast BishopEvent
Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas GeraisDiocese6 Jul 2011Severino Clasen, O.F.M.Appointed, Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina
Campina Grande, ParaibaDiocese21 Dec 2011Jaime Vieira RochaAppointed, Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Campinas, Sao PauloArchdiocese28 Aug 2011Bruno GamberiniDied
Duque de Caxias, Rio de JaneiroDiocese30 Nov 2011José Francisco Rezende DiasAppointed, Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
Guanhães, Minas GeraisDiocese16 Feb 2011Emanuel Messias de OliveiraAppointed, Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais
Leopoldina, Minas GeraisDiocese27 Apr 2011Dario Campos, O.F.M.Appointed, Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo
Paranatinga, Mato GrossoTerritorial Prelature28 Dec 2011Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.Appointed, Bishop of Diamantino, Mato Grosso
Patos, ParaibaDiocese27 Jul 2011Manoel dos Reis de FariasAppointed, Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco
Pesqueira, PernambucoDiocese8 Jun 2011Francesco BiasinAppointed, Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro
Petrópolis, Rio de JaneiroDiocese21 Nov 2011Filippo SantoroAppointed, Archbishop of Taranto
Santarém, ParaDiocese30 Nov 2011Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del PradoAppointed, Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia
São Félix, Mato GrossoTerritorial Prelature21 Sep 2011Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M.Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal
São José dos Pinhais, ParanaDiocese13 Feb 2012Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. †Died
Teresina, PiauiArchdiocese15 Jun 2011Sérgio da RochaAppointed, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal
Tubarão, Santa CatarinaDiocese28 Sep 2011Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I.Appointed, Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

Vacant Sees: 15

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