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Diocese of Coari

Diocesis Coaritanus
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceManaus
Statistics
Area135,442 km2 (52,294 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
195,306
166,076 (85.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established13 July 1963 (61 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Prelatícia Sant’Ana e São Sebastião
Current leadership
BishopMarek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R.
Bishops emeritusGutemberg Freire Régis, C.Ss.R.
Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari (Latin: Dioecesis Coaritanus) is a diocese located in the city of Coari in the Ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coari, erected on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, by Pope Francis, is a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus, 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), who led it beforehand as its Bishop Prelate while it was a Territorial Prelature. He was born on October 10, 1954, in the city of Tuchów, Poland, a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarnow, based in Tarnow, Poland. He made his first religious profession of vows (simple, or temporary, vows) in the Redemptorists on August 15, 1974. He studied the requisite undergraduate Philosophy and graduate Theology coursework at the local Redemptorist seminary. He obtained a Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome, Italy. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on June 5, 1980, and six years later was sent as a missionary to Brazil, to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. He served as an instructor in Theology (1987-1990), and as a Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of São Salvador da Bahia, in the São Bento and the Higher Institute for the Study of Marriage and the Family. From 2000 to 2010, he was a Pastor of a Parish in Salvador. On June 15, 2011, he was appointed Bishop Prelate of the then-Territorial Prelature of Coari by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, receiving episcopal ordination on August 12, 2011.[1]

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

Leadership

  • Bishops of Parintins (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R. (October 9, 2013–present)
  • Prelates of Coari (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R. (August 12, 2011–October 9, 2013)
    • Bishop Joércio Gonçalves Pereira, C.Ss.R. (February 28, 2007–July 22, 2009)
    • Bishop Gutemberg Freire Régis, C.Ss.R. (July 23, 1978–February 28, 2007)
    • Bishop Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. (April 24, 1964–April 13, 1973)

References

  1. ^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2013/10/09/0643/01448.html

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