Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cachoeiro de Itapemirim / Cachoëiren(sis) de Itapermirim (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Vitória

Neighbouring Dioceses: Caratinga (↖), Vitória (↗), Campos (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1958.02.16: Established as Diocese of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim / Cachoëiren(sis) de Itapermirim (Latin) (from Diocese of Espírito Santo and became suffragan of Vitória)

Present Prelates

Archbishop-Bishop (2021.02.11 – ...):

Archbishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa, C.P. (70)
(2021.02.11 – ...)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil)

Born:	1955.12.23 (Marques de Valença, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.08.24

Bishop of Pemba (Mozambique) (2013.06.12 – 2021.02.11)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (2018.11.11 – 2021.02.11)

Archbishop-Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2021.02.11 – ...)

Bishop Dario Campos, O.F.M. (77) (later Archbishop)
(2011.04.27 – 2018.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vitória (Brazil)

Nas tuas mãos

Born:	1948.06.09 (Castelo, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.26

Coadjutor Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2000.07.05 – 2001.08.08)

Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2001.08.08 – 2004.06.23)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (2004.06.23 – 2011.04.27)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2011.04.27 – 2018.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2018.11.07 – 2024.12.30)

Bishop Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M.
(2003.07.09 – 2010.05.26)

Crux Dei Virtus Est

Born:	1944.09.14 (Piracema, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.28
Died:	2018.01.19 (Piracema São João del Rei, MG, Brazil † 73)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1998.06.24 – 2003.07.09)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2003.07.09 – 2010.05.26)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (2010.05.26 – 2018.01.19)

Bishop Luiz Mancilha Vilela, SS.CC. (later Archbishop)
(1985.12.03 – 2002.12.03)

Ut Pastor Pascet

Born:	1942.05.06 (Pouso Alto, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.02.22
Died:	2022.08.23 (Vitória, ES, Brazil † 80)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (1985.12.03 – 2002.12.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2002.12.03 – 2004.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2004.04.14 – 2018.11.07)

Bishop Luís Gonzaga Peluso
(1959.07.25 – 1985.12.03)

Ipse firmitas mea

Born:	1907.07.08 (Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1931.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.08.18
Died:	1993.11.07 (Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, ES, Brazil † 86)

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil) (1946.06.13 – 1959.07.25)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (1959.07.25 – 1985.12.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Pedro, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (42)

Caratinga (↖), Vitória (↗), Campos (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,877 km²

Population: 445,000 Catholics (59.9% of 743,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes

Personnel: 74 priests (53 diocesan, 21 religious), 78 deacons, 52 religious (21 brothers, 31 sisters), 12 seminarians