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Diocese of

Colatina

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Colatina / Colatinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Vitória

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (34)

Governador Valadares (←), São Mateus (↗), Vitória (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.10.27 – ...):Bishop Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa (64)Bishop Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Colatina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa (64)Bishop Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa (64)
(2021.10.27 – ...)

Bishop of Colatina (Brazil)

Caritas Christi urget

Born:1959.04.29 (Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1995.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:2022.01.25

Bishop of Colatina (Brazil) (2021.10.27 – ...)

Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (65)Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (65)
(2015.03.04 – 2021.01.13)

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil)

Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum

Born:1957.10.23 (Cafelândia, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1997.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:2012.03.04

Titular Bishop of Sita (2011.12.21 – 2015.03.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2011.12.21 – 2015.03.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Colatina (Brazil) (2014.05.14 – 2015.03.04)

Bishop of Colatina (Brazil) (2015.03.04 – 2021.01.13)

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil) (2021.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (65)Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.05.14 – 2015.03.04)

Bishop Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. (80)Bishop Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B. (80)
(2003.05.14 – 2014.05.14)

Bishop emeritus of Colatina (Brazil)

Domine, ut videam

Born:1942.12.02 (Venda Nova do Imigrante, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:1997.02.02

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena (1996.12.11 – 2003.05.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1996.12.11 – 2003.05.14)

Bishop of Colatina (Brazil) (2003.05.14 – 2014.05.14)

Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (81)Bishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (81) (later Archbishop)
(1990.04.23 – 2002.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mariana (Brazil)

Opus Fac Evangelistæ

Born:1942.03.14 (Fundão, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1967.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1984.05.31

Titular Bishop of Thelepte (1984.03.14 – 1990.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (1984.03.14 – 1990.04.23)

Bishop of Colatina (Brazil) (1990.04.23 – 2002.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (2002.01.16 – 2007.04.11)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2003 – 2007.07.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) (2007.04.11 – 2018.04.25)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2007.05 – 2011.05.10)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 13,106 km²

Population: 514,700 Catholics (80.2% of 642,158 total) (2020)

Statistics: 31 parishes, 2 missions, 57 priests (43 diocesan, 14 religious), 10 deacons, 82 lay religious (18 brothers, 64 sisters), 11 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Saúde (November 21)

History

Last updated on 2023.06.05

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