Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri

Diocese of Ipameri

Dioecesis Ipameriensis
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceGoiânia
Statistics
Area22,947 km2 (8,860 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
285,000
214,000 (75.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 October 1966 (58 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Divino Espírito Santo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo
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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]

History

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Statistics

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As of 2015, 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.

Episcopal Ordinaries

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(all native Brazilians)

Bishops of Ipameri

See also

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  1. ^ "Diocese of Ipameri". catholic-hierarchy.org. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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