Diocese of

Itaguaí

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 2,549 km²

Population: 277,470 Catholics (63.2% of 439,110 total) (2017)

Statistics: 22 parishes, 2 missions, 23 priests (19 diocesan, 4 religious), 13 deacons, 16 lay religious (7 brothers, 9 sisters), 12 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Neighbouring Dioceses: Taubaté (↙), Lorena (←), Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (↖), Nova Iguaçu (→)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

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History

1980.03.14: Established as Diocese of Itaguaí / Itaguaien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda and Diocese of Nova Iguaçu)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Francisco Xavier, Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro
World Heritage Site: Igreja Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro
World Heritage Site: Igreja São Sebastião, Vila do Abraão, Rio de Janeiro

All Churches (20)

Taubaté (↙), Lorena (←), Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (↖), Nova Iguaçu (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (1999.11.17 – ...):

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itaguaí (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (72)
(1999.11.17 – ...)

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)

Deus é Amor

Born:	1947.09.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.02.20

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil) (1999.11.17 – ...)

Bishop Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, O. Carm.
(1980.04.21 – 1998.07.08)

Testificari Evangelio Gratiæ Dei

Born:	1931.11.30 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.08.13
Died:	2014.06.11 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena (1978.06.05 – 1980.04.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil) (1978.06.05 – 1980.04.21)

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1998.07.08)

as of 2020.06.16