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diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Brasília in central Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, in the city of

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, in the state of Goiás, central Brazil.

History

* Established on March 26, 1956 as the Territorial Prelature of Formosa, on territory split off from the then Archdiocese of Goiás (at the same time demoted to a suffragan itself) and from the suppressed

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* Promoted on October 16, 1979 as the Diocese of Formosa.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally serves 256,900 Catholics (73.5% of 349,500 total) on 47,604 km² in 27 parishes and 240 missions with 37 priests (diocesan), 52 lay religious (4 brothers, 48 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

Bishops

(all

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Ordinaries

;''Bishop-Prelates of Formosa'' * Victor João Herman José Tielbeek, Picpus Fathers (SS.CC.) (February 4, 1961 - October 16, 1979 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of

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(1961.02.04 – 1978.05.26), born 1919.08.16 in the Netherlands ;''Suffragan Bishops of Formosa'' * Victor João Herman José Tielbeek,

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(''see above'' October 16, 1979 - death December 24, 1997) * João Casimiro Wilk, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.) (January 28, 1998 - June 9, 2006), transferred Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (2004.06.09 – ...), born Poland 1951.09.18 * Paulo Roberto Beloto (November 16, 2005 – 2013.10.23), first Brazilian incumbent; transferred Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2013.10.23 – ...) * José Ronaldo Ribeiro (2014.09.24 – 2018.09.12), previously Bishop of Janaúba (Brazil) (2007.06.06 – 2014.09.24); retired *

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Dilmo Franco de Campos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias in 2019

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