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Territorial Prelature Of Roraima
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Roraima ( la, Dioecesis Roraimensis) is a diocese located in the state of Roraima in the Ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil. History * 1934: Established as Apostolic Administration of Rio Branco * August 30, 1944: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Rio Branco * April 29, 1963: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Roraima * October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Roraima Leadership ;Prelates of Roraima *José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. (18 April 1952 - December 1965) Resigned *Servílio Conti Servílio Conti, I.M.C. (October 19, 1916 – September 14, 2014) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death was one of the oldest Roman Catholic bishops and one of the oldest Italian bishops. Conti was born i ..., I.M.C. (1 January 1965 - 3 May 1975) Resigned * Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C. (14 May 1975 - 4 December 1979) appointed bishop of the diocese ;Bishops of Roraima *Aldo Mongiano, I.M.C. (4 December 1979 Appointed - ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Manaus
The Archdiocese of Manaus ( la, Archidioecesis Manaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Manaus in Brazil. History * April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Amazonas from the Diocese of Belém do Pará * February 16, 1952: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order ; Archbishops of Manaus * Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (2019.12.27 – present) * Sergio Eduardo Castriani (2012.12.12 - 2019.11.27) * Luiz Soares Vieira (1991.11.13 – 2012.12.12) * Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. (1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22), appointed Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais * Milton Corrêa Pereira (1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23) * Milton Corrêa Pereira (Apostolic Administrator 1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05) * João de Souza Lima (1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21) * Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará ;Bishops of Amazonas * Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (later Archbishop)(1948.08.30 – 1952 ...
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Latin Rite
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church ''sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated. Its language is now known as Ecclesiastical Latin. The most used rite is the Roman Rite. The Latin rites were for many centuries no less numerous than the liturgical rites of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern autonomous particular churches. Their number is now much reduced. In the aftermath of the Council of Trent, in 1568 and 1570 Pope Pius V suppressed the breviary, breviaries and missals that could not be shown to have an antiquity of at least two centuries (see Tridentine Mass and Roman Missal). Many local rites that remained legitimate even after this decree were abandoned voluntarily, especially in the 19th century. In the second half of the 20th century, most of the religious orders that had a distinct liturgical rit ...
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Boa Vista, Roraima
Boa Vista (, literally ''Good View''; figuratively "Fairview") is the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima. Situated on the western bank of the Branco River, the city lies from Brazil's border with Venezuela. It is the only Brazilian state capital located entirely north of the equator. Boa Vista is the most populous municipality in the state of Roraima; approximately half of the population of the state lives in the city. Commerce mostly occurs with Manaus, the capital of the State of Amazonas. Business also takes place between Boa Vista and with the cities of Lethem, in Guyana and Santa Elena de Uairén, in Venezuela. These two foreign cities are the only major cities that can be accessed from Boa Vista by road, although roads connect other smaller state municipalities with the capital city. Travel by airplane is the only means of transportation with other regions of the country. As a modern city, Boa Vista stands out among the other capitals of the North Region of Bra ...
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Sérgio Eduardo Castriani
Sérgio Eduardo Castriani C.S.Sp. (31 May 1954 – 3 March 2021) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop. Castriani was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1978. He served as coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Tefé, Brazil, from 1998 to 2000 and was bishop of the territorial prefecture from 2000 to 2012. He then served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus The Archdiocese of Manaus ( la, Archidioecesis Manaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Manaus in Brazil. History * April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Amazonas from the Diocese of Belém do Pará * February 16, 1952: Promoted ..., Brazil from 2012 to 2019. Castriani died from complications from sepsis on 3 March 2021. References External links 1954 births 2021 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil Deaths from sepsis Roman Catholic bishops of Tefé Holy Ghost Fathers Brazilian Roman Catholic archbish ...
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Mário Antônio Da Silva
Mário Antônio da Silva (born 17 October 1966) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Roraima since June 2016. He was previously auxiliary bishop of Manaus for six years. Mário Antônio da Silva was born in Itararé, State of São Paulo, on 17 October 1966. He studied philosophy and theology at the Divine Mestre Diocesan Seminary in Jacarezinho from 1985 to 1991. He then earned a licenciate in moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome (1996-1998). On 21 December 1991 he was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Jacarezinho, where he worked as Spiritual Director (1992-1993) and then Rector of the Minor Seminary Nossa Senhora da Assunção (1994-1996); Coordinator of Vocation Ministry (1993-1996); Professor of Moral Theology and Spiritual Director of the Divine Major Seminary Mestre; Parochial Vicar; Pastor and Chancellor. On 9 June 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named him auxiliary bishop of Manaus. He received his episcopal consecration on 20 Au ...
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Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situ ...
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Roraima
Roraima (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas to the south and west, Venezuela to the north and northwest, and Guyana to the east. The state covers an area of approximately , slightly larger than Belarus, being the fourteenth largest Brazilian state by area. The city of Boa Vista is the capital and largest city in the state, and is the only capital in the country located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere. Antônio Denarium, a member of the conservative Progressistas party, has been the governor of the state since 2019. Roraima is the least populous state in Brazil, with an estimated population of 631,181 inhabitants as of 2020. It is also the state with the lowest population density in Brazil, with 2.01 inhabitants per square kilometre. Its economy, based mainly on the tertia ...
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Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels. Jur ... in Christianity, Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of several diocese, dioceses (or eparchy, eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' ( grc, ἐκκλησία; la, ecclesia) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the ...
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Servílio Conti
Servílio Conti, I.M.C. (October 19, 1916 – September 14, 2014) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. At the time of his death was one of the oldest Roman Catholic bishops and one of the oldest Italian bishops. Conti was born in Vertova, Italy and was ordained a priest of the religious order of Consolata Missionary on April 8, 1944. Conti was appointed Prelate to the Diocese of Roraima (Brazil) on January 1, 1965 and resigned May 3, 1975. Conti was appointed Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Maiu on February 8, 1968 and ordained on May 5, 1968. External linksCatholic-Hierarchy 1916 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic titular bishops Italian Roman Catholic bishops in South America Clergy from the Province of Bergamo Roman Catholic bishops of Roraima {{20C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub ...
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Aldo Mongiano
Aldo Mongiano, IMC (1 November 1919 – 15 April 2020) was an Italian-born Brazil-based bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Mongiano was born in Pontestura, Italy, and was ordained a priest on 3 June 1943, from the religious order of the Consolata Missionaries. Mongiano was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Roraima as well as Titular bishop of Nasai on 14 May 1975, and consecrated on 5 October 1975. He resigned as Titular bishop of Nasai and was appointed bishop of Roraima Roraima (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas ... on 4 December 1979. Mongiano retired from the Roraima Diocese on 26 June 1996. Mongiano died on 15 April 2020 at the age of 100 from complications from a broken femur. References External linksCatholic Hierarchy 1919 births 2020 deaths Italian Roman ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In Brazil
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