The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns (Latin: Dioecesis Garanhunensis) is a diocese located in the city of Garanhuns in the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.
Diocese of Garanhuns Dioecesis Garanhunensis | |
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 Catedral Santo Antônio in 2013 | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Olinda e Recife |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,734 km2 (3,372 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 612,000 551,000 (90.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 2 August 1918 (105 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesegaranhuns.org | |
History
- August 2, 1918: Established as Diocese of Garanhuns from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
Bishops
- Bishops of Garanhuns (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (2015-05.20 - present)
- Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R. (2008.03.12 – 2014.08.06), appointed Bishop of Brazil, Military
- Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30), appointed Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina
- Bishop Tiago Postma (1974.06.20 – 1995.03.15)
- Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
- Bishop José Adelino Dantas (1958.05.03 – 1967.02.20), appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia
- Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes (1954.08.24 – 1957.07.01)
- Bishop Juvéncio de Brito (1945.12.15 – 1954.01.31)
- Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (1938.05.26 – 1944.09.10), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará
- Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva (1929.04.02 – 1937.05.19)
- Bishop João Tavares de Moura (1919.07.03 – 1928.07.20)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
References
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