The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luziânia () is a

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in the

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of the Metropolitan of

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in Brazil. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Evangelização, dedicated to Our Lady of Evangelization, located in the city of

Luziânia Luziânia is a municipality in the state of Goiás, Brazil. This city is a producer of agricultural products, including soybeans and beans. Geography Location Luziânia is located 68km south of Brasília and is part of the area, called Entorno d ...

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state.

History

* Established on 29 March 1989 as Diocese of Luziânia, on territories split off from the Diocese of Anápolis, Diocese of Ipameri and

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Statistics

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 .

Bishops

(all

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)

Episcopal Ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Luziânia'' *

Agostinho Januszewicz Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz O.F.M. Conv. (29 November 1930 – 20 March 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luziânia, Brazil. Born in Podwojponie, a village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, just on the Polish ...

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(born Poland) (1989.03.29 – retired 2004.09.15), died 2011 **

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: José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. (2001.06.20 – 2002.03.25) * Afonso Fioreze, C.P. (2004.09.15 – retired 2017.07.12), succeeded as a

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of Luziânia (2003.11.05 – 2004.09.15) * Waldemar Passini Dalbello (2017.07.12 – 2025.02.05); previously

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(2009.12.30 – 2014.12.03) as

of Archdiocese of Goiania (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – 2014.12.03)and

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of Archdiocese of Brasília (Brazil) (2011.02.17 – 2011.06.15),

of Luziânia (2014.12.03 – succession 2017.07.12). *

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(2025.05.28 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

Afonso Fioreze Afonso Fioreze (1 June 1942 – 6 February 2021) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Fioreze was born in Rio Branco do Sul, Paraná, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of ...

, C.P. (2003-2004) *

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(2014-2017)

Auxiliary bishops

*José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. (2001-2002)

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google satellite photo - data for al sections

Diocesan website (in Portuguese)

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil

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