The Diocese of Ipameri () 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 EspÃÂrito Santo, dedicated to the Holy Spirit, in the episcopal see of Ipameri. The current bishop is José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo.
History
Statistics
, it pastorally served 299,000 Catholics (93.4% of 320,000 total population) on 296,426 kmò in 17 parishes with 33 priests (17 diocesan, 16 religious), 66 lay religious (21 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all native Brazilians)
Bishops of Ipameri
- Gilberto Pereira Lopes (1966.11.03 â 1975.12.19), next Titular Archbishop of Aurusuliana (1975.12.19 â 1982.02.10) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1975.12.19 â 1982.02.10), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1982.02.10 â retired 2004.06.02)
- Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira (1975.12.19 â 1985.10.23); previously Titular Bishop of Arindela (1961.08.25 â 1975.12.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1961.08.25 â 1975.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (1985.10.23 â retired 2002.05.08), died 2017
- TarcÃÂsio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (1986.12.19 â 1998.07.29), died 2001: previously Bishop of Grajaú (Brazil) (1984.04.04 â 1986.12.19)
- Apostolic Administrator Archbishop Geraldo do EspÃÂrito Santo ÃÂvila (1998.07.29 â 1999.05.19), while Titular Archbishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1990.10.31 â 1998.03.07) as Archbishop Military Ordinariate of Brazil (1990.10.31 â 2005.11.14); previously Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1977.06.27 â 1990.10.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of BrasÃÂlia (Brazil) (1977.06.27 â 1990.10.31)
- Guilherme Antônio Werlang, Missionaries of the Holy Family (M.S.F.) (1999.05.19 â 2018.02.07)), next Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2018.02.07 â ...).
- José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo (2019.05.15 - ...,,)
See also
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