Diocese of Luziânia
Dioecesis Lucianiensis
Diocese de Luziânia
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Brasília |
Metropolitan | Brasília |
Statistics | |
Area | 16,480 km2 (6,360 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 700,000 500,000 (71.%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 29 March 1989 (35 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Evangelization in Luziânia |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Waldemar Passini Dalbello |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Sérgio da Rocha |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luziânia (Latin: Dioecesis Lucianiensis) is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Brasília in Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Evangelização, dedicated to Our Lady of Evangelization, located in the city of Luziânia, Goiás state.
As per 2015 it pastorally served 639,000 Catholics (78.3% of 815,600 total) on 16,424 km² in 32 parishes and 2 missions with 57 priests (30 diocesan, 27 religious), 4 deacons, 101 lay religious (62 brothers, 39 sisters) and 13 seminarians .
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