Diocese of

Itaguaí

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 2,549 km²

Population: 273,000 Catholics (66.6% of 410,000 total) (2015)

Statistics: 19 parishes, 1 mission, 26 priests (20 diocesan, 6 religious), 14 deacons, 12 lay religious (8 brothers, 4 sisters), 5 seminarians (2015)

Patron Saint: São Francisco Xavier (December 3)

Website:

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

Bishop (1999.11.17 – ...):

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (71)

Bishops of Itaguaí (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ubiratan Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (71)
(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)

as of 2019.04.22