Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré

Diocese of Nazaré Dioecesis Nazarensis in Brasilia
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Olinda e Recife
Statistics
Area	5,986 km2 (2,311 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 904,261 768,261 (85.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	2 August 1918 (105 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena
Metropolitan Archbishop	Fernando Antônio Saburido, OSB
Bishops emeritus	Severino Batista de França, OFMCap Jorge Tobias de Freitas
Map
Website
www.diocesedenazare.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré (Latin: Dioecesis Nazarensis in Brasilia) is located in the city of Nazaré da Mata in the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.

On August 2, 1918 it was established as Diocese of Nazaré from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.

Bishops

• Bishops of Nazaré (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena (2016.07.13 – present)
  • Severino Batista de França, OFMCap (2007.03.07 – 2015.11.25)
  • Jorge Tobias de Freitas (1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)
  • Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira (1963.02.25 – 1986.11.07)
  • Manuel Pereira da Costa (1959.06.20 – 1962.08.23)
  • João de Souza Lima (later Archbishop) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)
  • Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (later Archbishop) (1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14)
  • Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela (1919.07.03 – 1946.08.16)

Auxiliary bishop

• Jaime Mota de Farias (1982-1986), appointed Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral, appointed Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba in 1934
• Gentil Diniz Barreto, appointed Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte in 1960
• Manoel dos Reis de Farias, appointed Bishop of Patos, Paraiba in 2001
• Limacêdo Antônio da Silva, appointed Auxiliary bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco in 2018

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine