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Suffragan diocese Nova Friburgo, Brazil

Diocese of Nova Friburgo

Neo-Friburgen(sis)

The Diocese of Nova Friburgo is a Latin Rite diocese in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, erected on 26 March 1960 from the dioceses of Barra do Piraí and Petrópolis. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Niterói.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral São João Batista, in Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

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Established
1960
Catholics
503,000
Priests
80
Territory
10,086 km²

Parishes and churches

59 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Pedro Cunha Cruz

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The cathedral

Catedral São João Batista stands in Nova Friburgo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Nova Friburgo is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Neo-Friburgensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Niterói in Brazil.

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