Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Itaguaí / Itaguaien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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Bishops of Itaguaí (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)
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Bishop Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm. Testificari Evangelio Gratiæ Dei
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Area: 2,670 km²
Population: 196,310 Catholics (38.5% of 510,300 total) (2019)
Statistics: 21 parishes, 2 missions, 23 priests (19 diocesan, 4 religious), 13 deacons, 8 lay religious (8 brothers), 14 seminarians (2019)
Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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