Diocese of Itaguaí, Brazil

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Itaguaí / Itaguaien(sis) (Latin)

Bishop (1999.11.17 – ...):

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (75)

Bishops of Itaguaí (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (75)
(1999.11.17 – ...)

Bishop of Itaguaí (Brazil)

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

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

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)

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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)

1980.03.14: Established as Diocese of Itaguaí / Itaguaien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda and Diocese of Nova Iguaçu and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)