Suffragan diocese Formosa, Brazil
Diocese of Formosa
Formosen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Formosa is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Goiás, central Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Brasília. It was erected as a territorial prelature in 1956 and promoted to a diocese in 1979.
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- Established
- 1956
- Catholics
- 262,100
- Priests
- 43
- Territory
- 47,604 km²
Parishes and churches
31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Adair José Guimarães
- Born
- 16 June 1960
- Birthplace
- Mara Rosa
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Formosa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In central Brazil, the Diocese of Formosa (Latin: Dioecesis Formosensis) stands as a Latin suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Brasília. Its cathedral, the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, rises in the city of Formosa in the state of Goiás.