Diocese of Duque de Caxias, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Duque de Caxias / Caxien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Pilar (October 12)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1980.10.11: Established as Diocese of Duque de Caxias / Caxien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nova Iguaçu and Diocese of Petrópolis and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.08.01 – ...):

Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Duque de Caxias (Roman Rite)

Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos (70)
(2012.08.01 – ...)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil)

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Born:	1954.02.27 (Niterói, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.04.18

Priest of Niterói (Brazil) (1978.12.08 – 2009.02.11)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (2009.02.11 – 2012.08.01)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil) (2012.08.01 – ...)

Bishop José Francisco Rezende Dias (68) (later Archbishop)
(2005.03.30 – 2011.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil)

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Born:	1956.04.02 (Brasópolis, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.11.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.02

Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1979.11.10 – 2001.03.28)

Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ (2001.03.28 – 2005.03.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (2001.03.28 – 2005.03.30)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil) (2005.03.30 – 2011.11.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (2011.11.30 – ...)

Bishop Mauro Morelli
(1981.05.25 – 2005.03.30)

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Born:	1935.09.17 (Avanhandava, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1965.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.01.25
Died:	2023.10.09 (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil † 88)

Priest of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1965.04.28 – 1974.12.12)

Titular Bishop of Vatarba (1974.12.12 – 1981.05.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1974.12.12 – 1981.05.25)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil) (1981.05.25 – 2005.03.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro

Churches by City (23)

Nova Iguaçu (←), Petrópolis (↗), São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 503 km²

Population: 1,109,000 Catholics (79.1% of 1,402,834 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes

Personnel: 49 priests (27 diocesan, 22 religious), 25 deacons, 83 religious (34 brothers, 49 sisters), 11 seminarians