Diocese of Luziânia, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Luziânia / Lucianien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Brasília

Neighbouring Dioceses: Goiânia (↙), Anápolis (←), Uruaçu (↖), Brasília (↑), Paracatu (↘), Ipameri (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.03.29: Established as Diocese of Luziânia / Lucianien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Anápolis, Diocese of Ipameri and Diocese of Uruaçu and became suffragan of Brasília)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.05.28 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Agamenilton Damascena (50)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Luziânia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Agamenilton Damascena (50)
(2025.05.28 – ...)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1975.06.26 (Currais Novos, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2001.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.12.06

Priest of Uruaçu (Brazil) (2001.03.19 – 2020.09.23)

Bishop of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Brazil) (2020.09.23 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (2025.05.28 – ...)

Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello (59)
(2017.07.12 – 2025.02.05)

Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil)

Congregare in unum

Born:	1966.06.06 (Anápolis, GO, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1994.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.19

Priest of Brasília (Brazil) (1994.12.03 – 2009.12.30)

Titular Bishop of Membressa (2009.12.30 – 2014.12.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – 2014.12.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Brasília (Brazil) (2011.02.17 – 2011.06.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (2014.12.03 – 2017.07.12)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (2017.07.12 – 2025.02.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (2025.02.05 – 2025.11.11)

Bishop of Anápolis (Brazil) (2025.11.11 – ...)

Bishop Afonso Fioreze, C.P.
(2004.09.15 – 2017.07.12)

A paixão de cristo nos impulsiona

Born:	1942.06.01 (Rio Branco do Sul, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1970.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.15
Died:	2021.02.06 (Luziânia, GO, Brazil † 78)

Coadjutor Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (2003.11.05 – 2004.09.15)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (2004.09.15 – 2017.07.12)

Bishop Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv.
(1989.03.29 – 2004.09.15)

Per Immaculatam

Born:	1930.11.29 (Podwojponie, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1958.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.06.10
Died:	2011.03.20 (Juruá, AM, Brazil † 80)

Bishop of Luziânia (Brazil) (1989.03.29 – 2004.09.15)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Waldemar Passini Dalbello (59) (2014.12.03 – 2017.07.12)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Afonso Fioreze, C.P. (2003.11.05 – 2004.09.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Carlos dos Santos, F.D.P. (2001.06.20 – 2002.03.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Evangelização, Luziânia, Goiás
Former Cathedral: Santuário de Santa Luzia, Luziânia, Goiás

Churches by City (34)

Goiânia (↙), Anápolis (←), Uruaçu (↖), Brasília (↑), Paracatu (↘), Ipameri (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,424 km²

Population: 608,300 Catholics (59.0% of 1,031,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes

Personnel: 62 priests (36 diocesan, 26 religious), 15 deacons, 93 religious (58 brothers, 35 sisters), 28 seminarians