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Diocese of

Anápolis

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Goiânia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Goiânia (↙), Goiás (←), Uruaçu (↑), Luziânia (→), Ipameri (↘)

Website: Link

History

  • 1966.10.11: Established as Diocese of Anápolis / Anapolitan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia)
  • 1989.03.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Luziânia

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.06.09 – ...):Bishop João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. (61)Bishop João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Anápolis (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. (61)Bishop João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv. (61)
(2004.06.09 – ...)

Ut amor ametur

Born:1951.09.18 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1976.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1998.04.04

Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (1998.01.28 – 2004.06.09)

Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (2004.06.09 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Pestana Filho
(1978.11.30 – 2004.06.09)

In te projectus

Born:1928.04.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1952.10.05
Consecrated Bishop:1979.02.18
Died:2011.01.08 († 82)

Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (1978.11.30 – 2004.06.09)

Bishop Epaminondas José de Araújo
(1966.10.27 – 1978.06.05)

In Verbo Tuo

Born:1922.03.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1945.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:1960.03.27
Died:2010.06.09 († 88)

Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil) (1959.12.14 – 1966.10.27)

Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (1966.10.27 – 1978.06.05)

Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (1978.06.05 – 1984.11.28)

as of 2013.05.03

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