Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa, Brazil

This article is about the diocese in Brazil. For the diocese in Argentina, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa, Argentina.

Diocese of Formosa Dioecesis Formosensis Diocese de Formosa
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Brasília
Metropolitan	Brasília
Statistics
Area	47,604 km2 (18,380 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 366,900 262,100 (71.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	26 March 1956 (68 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Formosa, Goiás
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Adair José Guimarães
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sérgio da Rocha
Bishops emeritus	José Ronaldo Ribeiro
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa (Latin: Dioecesis Formosensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Brasília in central Brazil.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, in the city of Formosa, in the state of Goiás, central Brazil.

History

• Established on March 26, 1956, as the Territorial Prelature of Formosa, on territory split off from the then Archdiocese of Goiás (at the same time demoted to a suffragan itself) and from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins
• Promoted on October 16, 1979, as the Diocese of Formosa.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally serves 256,900 Catholics (73.5% of 349,500 total) on 47,604 km² in 27 parishes and 240 missions with 37 priests (diocesan), 52 lay religious (4 brothers, 48 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

Bishops

(all Roman rite)

Ordinaries

Bishop-Prelates of Formosa

• Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, Picpus Fathers (SS.CC.) (February 4, 1961 - October 16, 1979 see below), Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Numidia (1961.02.04 – 1978.05.26), born 1919.08.16 in the Netherlands

Suffragan Bishops of Formosa

• Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, SS.CC. (see above October 16, 1979 - death December 24, 1997)
• João Casimiro Wilk, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.) (January 28, 1998 - June 9, 2006), transferred Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (2004.06.09 – ...), born Poland 1951.09.18
• Paulo Roberto Beloto (November 16, 2005 – 2013.10.23), first Brazilian incumbent; transferred Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2013.10.23 – ...)
• José Ronaldo Ribeiro (2014.09.24 – 2018.09.12), previously Bishop of Janaúba (Brazil) (2007.06.06 – 2014.09.24); retired
• Adair José Guimarães (2019.02.27 -

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Dilmo Franco de Campos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias in 2019

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil
• namesame Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa, Argentina

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2006-06-19 at the Wayback Machine