The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia ( la, Dioecesis Rubiatabensis-Mozarlandensis) is a diocese located in the cities of

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and

Mozarlândia Mozarlândia is a municipality in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. It is located in the Valley of the Araguaia River, 300 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia, and is served by highways GO-164 and GO-334. The distance to Goiânia is 31 ...

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

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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.

Leadership

* Prelates of Rubiataba (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Juvenal Roriz,

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(1966.10.27 – 1978.05.05), appointed Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais * Prelates of Rubiataba – Mozarlândia (Roman Rite) ** Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. (1979.09.14 – 1979.10.16) * Bishops of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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(1979.10.16 – 2008.02.27) ** Bishop

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(2008.02.27 – 2019.02.27), appointed Bishop of Formosa, Goias

References

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1966 Rubiataba-Mozarlandia, Roman Catholic Diocese of Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub