Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Branco (Latin: Dioecesis Fluminis Albi Superioris) is a Latin suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Rondônia), in the upper Amazon River basin).

Diocese of Rio Branco

Dioecesis Fluminis Albi Superioris
Cathedral of Our Lady of Nazareth
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provincePorto Velho
Statistics
Area102,136 km2 (39,435 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2011)
502,000
378,000 (75.3%)
Parishes27
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4 October 1919 (104 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoaquín Pertíñez Fernández, O.A.R.
Metropolitan ArchbishopRoque Paloschi
Website
Official Website

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Catedral Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, dedicated to Our Lady of Nazareth, in the city of Rio Branco, Acre state, Brazil.

History edit

On 4 October 1919, Pope Benedict XV established the Territorial Prelature of Acre and Purus (Italian Acre e Purus), named after the Amazonian rivers Acre and Purus, on canonical territory split off from the then Diocese of Amazonas.

Pope Pius XI changed the name of the prelature to the Territorial Prelature of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus on 10 December 1926, but its original name was restored on 26 April 1958 by Pope Pius XII.

The territorial prelature was elevated to a bishopric and hence renamed after its see as Diocese of Rio Branco by Saint John Paul II on 15 February 1986.[1][2]

Statistics edit

As per 2014, it pastorally serves 443,000 Catholics (75.1% of 589,625 total) on 104,473 km2 in 32 parishes and 5 missions with 33 priests (23 diocesan, 10 religious), 22 deacons, 105 lay religious (19 brothers, 86 sisters) and 18 seminarians.

Ordinaries edit

(all Roman Rite)[clarification needed]

Territorial Bishop-Prelates of Acre and Purus edit

Territorial Bishop-Prelates of São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus edit

  • Próspero M. Gustavo Bernardi, (O.S.M.) ((see above) 10 December 1926 – 1 February 1944 (died))
  • Apostolic Administrator Father Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, Society of Mary (S.M.) (1941 – 10 January 1948 (see below))
  • Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, O.S.M. ((see above) 10 January 1948 – 13 April 1962 (see below)), Titular Bishop of Lacedæmonia (10 January 1948 – 13 April 1962 (died))

Territorial Bishop-Prelates of Acre and Purus edit

  • Antônio Julio Maria Mattioli, S.M. ((see above) 26 April 1958 – 13 April 1962 (died))
  • Giocondo Maria Grotti, O.S.M. (16 November 1962 – 28 September 1971 (died)), Titular Bishop of Thunigaba (8 July 1965 – 28 September 1971)
  • Moacyr Grechi, O.S.M. (10 July 1972 – 15 February 1986 (see below)), Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia (20 July 1973 – 26 May 1978 (died))[clarification needed]

Suffragan Bishops of Rio Branco edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Diocese of Rio Branco". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. ^ "Diocese of Rio Branco". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

Sources and external links edit

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