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Diocese of

Nova Friburgo

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nova Friburgo / Neo-Friburgen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Niterói

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (61)

Niterói (↙), Petrópolis (←), Juiz de Fora (↖), Leopoldina (↑), Campos (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.05.06 – ...):Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (57)Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nova Friburgo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (57)Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (57)
(2020.05.06 – ...)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil)

Fecit mihi magna

Born:1966.05.16 (Bauru, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1997.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:2017.07.16

Priest of Bauru (Brazil) (1997.07.10 – 2017.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Tindari (2017.05.10 – 2020.05.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (2017.05.10 – 2020.05.06)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2020.05.06 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (80)Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.01.22 – 2020.05.06)

Bishop Edney Gouvêa Mattoso (66)Bishop Edney Gouvêa Mattoso (66)
(2010.01.20 – 2020.01.22)

Bishop emeritus of Nova Friburgo (Brazil)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:1957.02.02 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1987.08.29
Consecrated Bishop:2005.03.12

Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1987.08.29 – 2005.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Tunnuna (2005.01.12 – 2010.01.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2005.01.12 – 2010.01.20)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2010.01.20 – 2020.01.22)

Bishop Rafael Llano Cifuentes
(2004.05.12 – 2010.01.20)

Omnia Traham ad Meipsum

Born:1933.02.18 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1990.06.29
Died:2017.11.28 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Mades (1990.04.04 – 2004.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1990.04.04 – 2004.05.12)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2004.05.12 – 2010.01.20)

Archbishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (87)Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (87) (later Archbishop)
(1993.11.24 – 2003.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Niterói (Brazil)

Ut unum Sint

Born:1935.10.07 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1961.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:1975.05.25

Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1975.04.07 – 1976.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1975.04.07 – 1978.05.26)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil) (1976.07.14 – 1976.11.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil) (1976.11.10 – 1979.10.16)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1985.07.11)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1985.07.11 – 1993.11.24)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (1993.11.24 – 2003.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (2003.09.24 – 2011.11.30)

Bishop Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B.
(1960.04.23 – 1992.07.17)

Te Pastorem Sequens

Born:1917.07.08 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1960.07.25
Died:2011.08.24 († 94)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (1960.04.23 – 1992.07.17)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1979 – 1983)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1983 – 1987)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 9,819 km²

Population: 712,000 Catholics (73.8% of 964,633 total) (2021)

Statistics: 60 parishes, 6 missions, 81 priests (68 diocesan, 13 religious), 19 deacons, 108 religious (33 brothers, 75 sisters), 28 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Imaculada Conceição (December 8)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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