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Diocese of

Garanhuns

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Garanhuns / Garanhunen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Olinda e Recife

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (40)

Pesqueira (↖), Caruaru (↗), Palmares (→), Maceió (↘), Palmeira dos Índios (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.05.20 – ...):Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (53)Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Garanhuns (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (53)Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (53)Permalink
(2015.05.20 – ...)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil)

In verbo tuo

Born:1969.04.17 (São José de Espinharas, PB, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1993.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:2015.07.18

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (2015.05.20 – ...)

Archbishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R. (76)Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R. (76) (later Archbishop)Permalink
(2008.03.12 – 2014.08.06)

Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Brazil (Brazil)

Cor nostrum ardens

Born:1946.07.19 (Recife, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1971.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:2008.03.31

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (2008.03.12 – 2014.08.06)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (2014.08.06 – 2022.03.12)

Bishop Irineu Roque SchererPermalink
(1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30)

Fides mundum vincit

Born:1950.12.15 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1978.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:1998.06.20
Died:2016.07.01 († 65)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2007.05.30 – 2016.07.01)

Bishop Tiago PostmaPermalink
(1974.06.20 – 1995.03.15)

Que todos sejam um

Born:1932.08.03 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1959.05.23
Consecrated Bishop:1974.12.14
Died:2002.05.08 († 69)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1974.06.20 – 1995.03.15)

Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25)

Unitas in veritate

Born:1919.11.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1943.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1962.09.30
Died:1984.05.23 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Coronea (1962.08.23 – 1967.08.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1962.08.23 – 1967.08.04)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25)

Titular Archbishop of Equilio (1973.04.25 – 1981.03.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1973.04.25 – 1981.03.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Manaus (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23)

Bishop José Adelino DantasPermalink
(1958.05.03 – 1967.02.20)

In finem dilexit

Born:1910.03.17 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1934.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:1952.09.14
Died:1983.03.24 († 73)

Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (1952.06.10 – 1958.05.03)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1958.05.03 – 1967.02.20)

Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Brazil) (1967.02.20 – 1975.10.04)

Bishop Francisco Expedito LopesPermalink
(1954.08.24 – 1957.07.01)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:1914.07.08 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1938.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:1948.12.12
Died:1957.07.01 († 42)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil) (1948.08.30 – 1954.08.24)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1954.08.24 – 1957.07.01)

Bishop Juvéncio de BritoPermalink
(1945.12.15 – 1954.01.31)

Omnia in caritate

Born:1886.08.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1910.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:1927.06.12
Died:1954.01.31 († 67)

Bishop of Caetité (Brazil) (1926.12.23 – 1945.12.15)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1945.12.15 – 1954.01.31)

Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1938.05.26 – 1944.09.10)

Sentire cum Ecclesia

Born:1903.08.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1925.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:1938.10.30
Died:1968.02.23 († 64)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1938.05.26 – 1944.09.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1944.09.10 – 1956.10.23)

Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus (1956.10.23 – 1959.06.20)

Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1956.10.23 – 1959.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1965.05.18)

Titular Archbishop of Gibba (1965.05.18 – 1968.02.23)

Bishop Manoel Antônio de PaivaPermalink
(1929.04.02 – 1937.05.19)

Omnia possum in eo qui me confortat

Born:1873.04.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1896.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:1915.07.18
Died:1937.05.19 († 64)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1915.03.15 – 1929.04.02)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1929.04.02 – 1937.05.19)

Bishop João Tavares de MouraPermalink
(1919.07.03 – 1928.07.20)

Omnia omnibus

Born:1883.07.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1906.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:1919.09.07
Died:1928.07.20 († 44)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1919.07.03 – 1928.07.20)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 8,734 km²

Population: 626,000 Catholics (90.6% of 691,321 total) (2020)

Statistics: 36 parishes, 61 priests (51 diocesan, 10 religious), 19 deacons, 91 lay religious (16 brothers, 75 sisters), 31 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

History

Last updated on 2022.09.23

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