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Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu)

Dioecesis Uruassuensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 26 March 1956
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Brasília
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Goias
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 36,224 (13,991 Square Miles)
  • Description: Central north of the State of Goiás
  • Conference Region: Centro-Oeste
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesedeuruacu.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, C.P. 32, Rua Leopoldo de Bulhoes Qd. 19, Lt. 5/7 n. 25, 76400-000 Uruacu, GO, Brazil
  • Telephone: (062)3357-1230
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
26 March 1956ErectedArchdiocese 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)
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 1966Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu) (from Goiânia)
11 October 1966Territory AddedDiocese of Goiás (Lagolândia, Padre Bernardo, Rianápolis and part of Jaguará) Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu)
11 October 1966Territory AddedDiocese of Goiás (Ceres) Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu)
29 March 1989Territory LostDiocese of Anápolis (Luziania and Santo Antonio de Descoberto)
Diocese of Ipameri (Cristalina)
Diocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu) (Padre Bernardo)
Diocese of Luziânia (erected)
3 October 1989Territory LostDiocese of Uruaçu (Uruassu) (Mimosa) Diocese of Luziânia

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966178,667.0%481208127ap1967
1970300,000300,000100.0%4101421,42810268ap1971
1976270,000300,00090.0%2151715,882204613ap1977
1980312,000347,00089.9%3161916,421177020ap1981
1990315,000350,00090.0%7745,0006317ap1991
1999380,000400,00095.0%18102813,5711113818ap2000
2000380,000400,00095.0%21103112,2582123920ap2001
2001380,000400,00095.0%2193012,6662113920ap2002
2002380,000400,00095.0%2493311,5152115720ap2003
2003380,000400,00095.0%2783510,85783823ap2004
2004298,000350,00085.1%298378,05483823ap2005
2010319,000376,00084.8%457526,13472627ap2011
2014208,672317,44765.7%537603,47791535ap2015
2017214,300325,00065.9%509593,6321101135ap2018
2020204,824315,79364.9%598673,057191335ap2021
2022197,000327,63760.1%566623,177181335ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 188, to Page 190
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 323, to Page 326

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