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Diocese of Goiás

Dioecesis Goiasensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 26 March 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Goiânia
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Goias
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 20,784 (8,027 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Centro-Oeste
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesedegoias.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Dr. Joaquim Rodrigues Qd., C.P. 05, 76600-000 Goias, GO, Brazil
  • Telephone: (062)3371-1206
  • Fax: 3371-2380

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Goiás
6 December 1745ErectedDiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Territorial Prelature of Cuiabá (erected)
Territorial Prelature of Goiás (erected)
Diocese of Mariana (erected)
Diocese of São Paulo (erected)
Diocese of Goiás
15 July 1826ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Goiás Diocese of Goiás
27 April 1892Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Goiás (from São Salvador da Bahia)
1 May 1906Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Goiás (from São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)
29 September 1907Territory LostDiocese of Goiás Diocese of Uberaba (erected)
20 December 1915Territory LostDiocese of Goiás Diocese of Porto Nacional (erected)
25 July 1924Territory LostDiocese of Goiás Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins (erected)
21 June 1929Territory LostDiocese of Goiás (Spiritus Sancti in Jatahy, Spiritus Sancti in Mineiros, Spiritus Sancti in Mio Bonito and Our Lady of Sorrows in Rio Verde) Territorial Prelature of Jataí (erected)
Archdiocese of Goiás
18 November 1932ElevatedDiocese of Goiás Archdiocese of Goiás
13 May 1939Territory LostArchdiocese of Goiás (Our Lady of Conception de Barra, Our Lady of Pilar de Ouro Fino, San José de Massamedes, and S. Rita)
Diocese of Porto Nacional (Territory next to the river Araguaya)
Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins (Crixas (with Chapel of S. Joseph de Araguaya))
Territorial Prelature of Bananal
26 March 1956Territory LostArchdiocese of Goiás (Rialma and Goianésia and part of Pirenópolis)
Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins (suppressed) (Uruassu, Niquelândia, Amaro Leite, Pilar de Goiás, Itapací, and part of Porangatu)
Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu) (erected)
26 March 1956Territory LostArchdiocese of Goiás (Goiânia, Anicuns, Aloândia, Abadiânia, Anápolis, Bela Vista de Goiás, Burití Alegre, Caldas Novas, Campo Alegre de Goiás, Catalâo, Corumba de Goiás, Corumbaíba, Cristalina, Cristianópolis, Crominia, Cumarí, Edéia, Goiatuba, Guapo, Goiandira, Hidrolándia..) Archdiocese of Goiânia (erected)
26 March 1956Territory LostArchdiocese of Goiás (Parts of Formosa, Planaltina, and Distrito Federal)
Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins (suppressed) (Cavalcante, Veadéiros, São Domingos, Sitio da Abadía, São João da Aliança, and Posse)
Territorial Prelature of Formosa (erected)
Diocese of Goiás
26 March 1956ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Bananal (suppressed) (Aurilándia, Carmo do Rio Verde, Ceres, Córrego do Ouro, Crixás, Itapuranga, Mossâmedes, Rubiataba, and São Luís de Montes Belos)
Archdiocese of Goiás (Goiás, Uruana, Itaberaí, Firminópolis, Cachoeira de Goiás, Ivolándia, Iporá, and Fazenda Nova)
Diocese of Goiás (Archdiocese to Diocese)
25 November 1961Territory LostArchdiocese of Goiânia (Cities of Anicuns, Nazário, and Turvânia)
Diocese of Goiás (Cities of Sâo Luis de Montes Belos, Amerinópolis, Aurilândia, Cachoeira de Goias, Diorama, Firminópolis, Iporá, Israelândia, Ivolândia, Jaupací, and Maiporá)
Diocese of Jataí (Cities of Aragarças, Baliza, Born Jardim de Goiás, Piranhas, and parts of Caiapônia)
Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos (erected)
11 October 1966Territory LostDiocese of Goiás (Aruanä, Crixás, Mozarlândia, Rubiataba, and part of Goiás)
Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu) (Nova America)
Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba (erected)
11 October 1966Territory LostDiocese of Goiás (Jandaia, Palmeira de Goiás, Palminópolis, and Paraúna) Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos
11 October 1966Territory LostDiocese of Goiás (Lagolândia, Padre Bernardo, Rianápolis and part of Jaguará) Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu)
11 October 1966Territory LostDiocese of Goiás (Ceres) Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu)
21 April 2007Territory LostDiocese of Goiás (São Sebastião in Adelândia) Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Goiás
1950800,0001769869,3028937ap1951
Diocese of Goiás
1966252,760.0%13720014ap1967
1967291,572.0%2111320135512ap1971
1976310,000350,00088.6%2052512,40064519ap1977
1980268,000300,00089.3%1472112,76175716ap1981
1990334,000376,00088.8%10122215,181123418ap1991
1999402,000437,00092.0%15142913,862154520ap2000
2000407,000442,00092.1%14112516,280124520ap2001
2001205,596288,39871.3%1410248,566104720ap2002
2002205,596223,42692.0%1412267,907125120ap2004
2004206,600222,19193.0%1212248,6082164021ap2005
2006208,000224,39592.7%1611277,7032133621ap2007
2013228,000244,00093.4%259346,7056113422ap2014
2016231,600250,00092.6%245297,9861062224ap2017
2019210,400227,50992.5%275326,575952524ap2020
2021213,670231,11092.5%261277,9131022025ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Goiás
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 135
  • Archdiocese of Goiás
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 25, Page 145, to Page 147
  • Diocese of Goiás
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 179, to Page 181
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