Diocese of Ipameri Dioecesis Ipameriensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Goiânia |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,947 km2 (8,860 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 285,000 214,000 (75.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 October 1966 (57 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Divino Espírito Santo |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo |
Map | |
The Diocese of Ipameri ( Latin: Dioecesis Ipameriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia.
Its cathedral is Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, dedicated to the Holy Spirit, in the episcopal see of Ipameri. The current bishop is José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo. [1]
As of 2015 [update], it pastorally served 299,000 Catholics (93.4% of 320,000 total population) on 296,426 km² in 17 parishes with 33 priests (17 diocesan, 16 religious), 66 lay religious (21 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.
(all native Brazilians)
Diocese of Ipameri Dioecesis Ipameriensis | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Goiânia |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,947 km2 (8,860 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 285,000 214,000 (75.1%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 11 October 1966 (57 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Divino Espírito Santo |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo |
Map | |
The Diocese of Ipameri ( Latin: Dioecesis Ipameriensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia.
Its cathedral is Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, dedicated to the Holy Spirit, in the episcopal see of Ipameri. The current bishop is José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo. [1]
As of 2015 [update], it pastorally served 299,000 Catholics (93.4% of 320,000 total population) on 296,426 km² in 17 parishes with 33 priests (17 diocesan, 16 religious), 66 lay religious (21 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.
(all native Brazilians)