Roman Catholic Diocese of Goiás
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The Diocese of Goiás (Latin: Dioecesis Goiasensis) is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Goiás. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia in Brazil.[1][2]
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Diocese of Goiasensis Dioecesis Goiasensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Goiânia |
Statistics | |
Area | 23,573 km2 (9,102 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 224,395 208,000 (92.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 6 December 1745 (278 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Sant’Ana |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jeová Elias Ferreira |
Bishops emeritus | Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen |
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