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Roman Catholic Diocese of Itumbiara

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Diocese of Itumbiara

Dioecesis Itumbiarensis
Coat of arms of the Diocese of Itumbiara
Coat of arms
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceGoiânia
Statistics
Area21,871 km2 (8,444 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
283,383
221,038 (78.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established11 October 1966 (58 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Santa Rita de Cássia
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida, C.S.S.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itumbiara (Latin: Itumbiaren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Itumbiara in the ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

Statistics

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According to the Pontifical Yearbook 2020 the diocese had at the end of 2019 a total of 234 170 baptized faithful.

History

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  • October 11, 1966: Established as Diocese of Itumbiara from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia.[1]

Leadership, in reverse chronological order

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References

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  1. ^ (en latín) Bula De animarum utilitate, AAS 59 (1967), pp. 323-326
  2. ^ "Diocese of Jaboticabal, Brazil". GCatholic. Retrieved 2019-12-09.