Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Garanhuns / Garanhunen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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Bishops of Garanhuns (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)
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Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Brazil (Brazil)
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Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer
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Bishop Tiago Postma
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Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (later Archbishop)
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Bishop José Adelino Dantas
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Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes
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Bishop Juvéncio de Brito
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Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva Omnia possum in eo qui me confortat
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Bishop João Tavares de Moura
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Area: 8,734 km²
Population: 629,000 Catholics (90.6% of 694,242 total) (2021)
Statistics: 37 parishes, 67 priests (54 diocesan, 13 religious), 19 deacons, 94 religious (20 brothers, 74 sisters), 33 seminarians (2021)
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)
Last updated on 2023.09.24
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