Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri
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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.[1]
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
since 2015[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 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)
- Bishops 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 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 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 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 Brazil (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14); previously Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of 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 Lages (Brazil) (2018.02.07 – ...).
- José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo (2019.05.15 - ...,,)
See also
Sources and external links
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