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Vacant Sees

DioceseTypeDate VacantLast BishopEvent
Aracajú, SergipeArchdiocese19 Jul 2023João José da Costa, O. Carm.Resigned
Bom Jesus da Lapa, BahiaDiocese5 Jul 2023João Santos CardosoAppointed, Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
Cajazeiras, ParaibaDiocese18 Nov 2023Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm.Appointed, Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte
Catanduva, Sao PauloDiocese1 Nov 2023Valdir MamedeResigned
Corumbá, Mato Grosso do SulDiocese4 Oct 2023João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C.Appointed, Bishop of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga, Mato Grosso
Floriano, PiauiDiocese8 Nov 2023Edivalter AndradeAppointed, Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui
Garanhuns, PernambucoDiocese14 Jun 2023Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de SousaAppointed, Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Itacoatiara, AmazonasTerritorial Prelature3 Nov 2023José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V.Appointed, Prelate of Marajó, Para
Juazeiro, BahiaDiocese8 Nov 2023Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
Petrópolis, Rio de JaneiroDiocese11 Oct 2023Gregório (Leozírio) Ben Lâmed Paixão (Neto), O.S.B.Appointed, Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Rio do Sul, Santa CatarinaDiocese1 Nov 2023Onécimo AlbertonAppointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Rio Grande, Rio Grande do SulDiocese24 May 2023Ricardo HoepersAppointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal
São João da Boa Vista, Sao PauloDiocese7 Dec 2023José Carlos Brandão CabralResigned
Tocantinópolis, TocatinsDiocese31 Jan 2023Giovane Pereira de MeloAppointed, Bishop of Araguaína, Tocatins

Vacant Sees: 14

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