Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia

Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia
Dioecesis Rubiatabensis-Mozarlandensis
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Goiânia
Statistics
Area 26,797 km2 (10,346 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
105,550
84,835 (80.4%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 11 October 1966 (49 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória,
Rubiataba
Co-cathedral Co-Catedral Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro,
Mozarlândia
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Adair José Guimarães
Emeritus Bishops José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Latin: Dioecesis Rubiatabensis-Mozarlandensis) is a diocese located in the cities of Rubiataba and Mozarlândia in the Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

History

On 11 October 1966, Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia as the Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba from the Diocese of Goiás and Diocese of Uruaçu. Blessed John Paul II renamed the prelature as the Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia on 18 April 1979. On 16 October of the same year the prelature was elevated to a diocese.[1][2]

Leadership

References

  1. "Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  2. "Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-08.


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