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{{Short description|Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Diocese
|name = Ipameri
|latin = Dioecesis Ipameriensis
|image =
|caption =
|country = [[Brazil]]
|province = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia|Goiânia]]
|denomination = [[Catholic Church]]
|sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]
|rite = [[Roman Rite]]
|established = 11 October 1966 ({{age|1966|10|11}} years ago)
|cathedral = Catedral Divino Espírito Santo
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 22,947
|population = 285,000
|population_as_of = 2006
|catholics = 214,000
|catholics_percent= 75.1
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop = [[José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo]]
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
|emeritus_bishops =
|map = DiocesisGoiasDistritoFederal.jpg
|website =
}}
The '''Diocese of Ipameri''' ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Ipameriensis}}) is a [[Latin Church]] ecclesiastical territory or [[diocese]] of the [[Catholic Church]] in [[Brazil]]. It is a [[suffragan diocese]] in the [[ecclesiastical province]] of the [[metropolis (religious jurisdiction)|metropolitan]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia|Archdiocese of Goiânia]].

Its [[cathedral]] is Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, dedicated to the [[Holy Spirit]], in the [[episcopal see]] of [[Ipameri]]. The current [[bishop]] is José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dipam.html|title=Diocese of Ipameri|website=catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=14 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114213936/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dipam.html|archive-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
* Established on 11 October 1966 as Diocese of Ipameri, on territory split from its Metropolitan, the [[Archdiocese of Goiania]].
* Lost territory on 1989.03.29 to establish the [[Diocese of Luziânia]]

== Statistics ==
{{As of|2015}}, it pastorally served 299,000 Catholics (93.4% of 320,000 total population) on 296,426 km² in 17 parishes with 33 priests (17 diocesan, 16 religious), 66 lay religious (21 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

== Episcopal Ordinaries ==
(all native Brazilians)

;''[[Bishop]]s of Ipameri''
* [[Gilberto Pereira Lopes]] (1966.11.03 – 1975.12.19), next [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Aurusuliana]] (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10) as [[Coadjutor Archbishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas|Campinas]] (Brazil) (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1982.02.10 – retired 2004.06.02)
* [[Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira]] (1975.12.19 – 1985.10.23); previously Titular Bishop of [[Arindela]] (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19) as [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of Goiânia (Brazil) (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiania|Goiânia]] (Brazil) (1985.10.23 – retired 2002.05.08), died 2017
* [[Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes]], [[O.F.M. Cap.]] (1986.12.19 – 1998.07.29), died 2001: previously Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Grajaú|Grajaú]] (Brazil) (1984.04.04 – 1986.12.19)
**'' [[Apostolic Administrator]]'' Archbishop [[Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila]] (1998.07.29 – 1999.05.19), while [[Titular Archbishop]] of [[Gemellæ in Numidia]] (1990.10.31 – 1998.03.07) as [[Archbishop Military Ordinariate]] of [[Military Ordinary of Brazil|Brazil]] (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14); previously Titular Bishop of [[Gemellæ in Numidia]] (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília|Archdiocese of Brasília]] (Brazil) (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31)
* Guilherme Antônio Werlang, [[Missionaries of the Holy Family]] (M.S.F.) (1999.05.19 – 2018.02.07)), next Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lages|Lages]] (Brazil) (2018.02.07 – ...).
* [[José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo]] (2019.05.15 - ...,,)

== See also ==
* [[List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil]]

== Sources and external links ==
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ipam0.htm GCatholic.org, with Google satellite map & HQ picture - data for all sections]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dipam.html Catholic Hierarchy]

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