Diocese of Luziânia
Lucianien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Luziânia, Brazil
The Diocese of Luziânia is a Latin rite diocese in Goiás state, Brazil, erected in 1989 from territory of the Dioceses of Anápolis, Ipameri, and Uruaçu, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Brasília. The current bishop is Francisco Agamenilton Damascena.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 March 1989
- Latin
- Lucianien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Evangelization (Nossa Senhora da Evangelização)
- Annuario code
- 001002077
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 639,000
- Population
- 700,000
- Catholic share
- 91.3%
- Priests
- 62
- Catholics per priest
- 10,306
- Extent
- 16,480 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 39
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francisco Agamenilton Damascena
- Born
- 26 June 1975
- Birthplace
- Currais Novos
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Evangelização stands in Luziânia, 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.
The province of Brasília
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Brasília.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BrasíliaBrasília
- Diocese of FormosaFormosa
- Diocese of UruaçuUruaçu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Metropolitan of Brasília, the Diocese of Luziânia (Latin: Dioecesis Lucianiensis) has its episcopal seat at the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Evangelização, dedicated to Our Lady of Evangelization, in the city of Luziânia in Goiás state, Brazil.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].