Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Nazaré / Nazaren(sis) in Brasilia (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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Bishops of Nazaré (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil)
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Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)
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Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)
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Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira
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Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa
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Bishop João de Souza Lima (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela
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Area: 5,956 km²
Population: 916,590 Catholics (85.0% of 1,078,860 total) (2020)
Statistics: 39 parishes, 4 missions, 84 priests (74 diocesan, 10 religious), 20 deacons, 65 lay religious (17 brothers, 48 sisters), 49 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)
Last updated on 2023.06.05
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