The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns () is a diocese located in the city of Garanhuns in the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.
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 Dom Agnaldo Temóteo da Silveira (06.09.2024 - present)
- Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (20.05.2015- 02.08.2023)
- Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R. (2008.03.12 â 2014.08.06), appointed Bishop of Brazil, Military
- Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer (1998.04.15 â 2007.05.30), appointed Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina
- Bishop Tiago Postma (1974.06.20 â 1995.03.15)
- Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (1967.08.04 â 1973.04.25), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
- Bishop José Adelino Dantas (1958.05.03 â 1967.02.20), appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia
- Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes (1954.08.24 â 1957.07.01)
- Bishop Juvéncio de Brito (1945.12.15 â 1954.01.31)
- Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (1938.05.26 â 1944.09.10), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará
- Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva (1929.04.02 â 1937.05.19)
- Bishop João Tavares de Moura (1919.07.03 â 1928.07.20)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
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