The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari ( la, Dioecesis Coaritana) is a
diocese located in the city of
Coari
Coari (''Choary'') is a Brazilian municipality in the Amazon region.
Location
The municipal seat of Coari is one of the largest cities of the Amazonas state. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari. The area has reserves of oil an ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari was erected on 9 October 2013 by
Pope Francis, and is a part of the
Ecclesiastical Province 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 ...
, based in
Manaus, Brazil.
It has been led since its elevation by its first Bishop, Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R., a Polish native and a member of the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists).
History
* July 13, 1963, the Territorial Prelature of Coari was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus.
* October 9, 2013: Promoted as Diocese of Coari
Bishops
Ordnaries, in reverse chronological order
*
Prelates of Coari (
Latin Church)
**
Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. (April 24, 1964 – April 13, 1973)
**Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.Ss.R. (July 23, 1978 – February 28, 2007)
**Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R. (coadjutor 2005–2007; bishop February 28, 2007 – July 22, 2009)
**Marek Marian Piatek,
C.Ss.R.
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
(August 12, 2011 – October 9, 2013)
*
Bishops of Coari
** Marek Marian Piatek,
C.Ss.R.
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
(October 9, 2013–present)
References
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Coari, Territorial Prelature of
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