Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia

Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia Dioecesis Rubiatabensis-Mozarlandensis
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Goiânia
Statistics
Area	26,797 km^2 (10,346 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 105,550 84,835 (80.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	11 October 1966 (50 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória, Rubiataba
Co-cathedral	Co-Catedral Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Mozarlândia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Adair José Guimarães
Emeritus Bishops	José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Latin: Dioecesis Rubiatabensis-Mozarlandensis) is a diocese located in the cities of Rubiataba and Mozarlândia in the Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

History

On 11 October 1966, Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia as the Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba from the Diocese of Goiás and Diocese of Uruaçu. Blessed John Paul II renamed the prelature as the Territorial Prelature of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia on 18 April 1979. On 16 October of the same year the prelature was elevated to a diocese.^[1][2]

Leadership

• Prelates of Rubiataba (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Juvenal Roriz, C.Ss.R. (later Archbishop) (1966.10.27 – 1978.05.05)
• Prelates of Rubiataba – Mozarlândia (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. (1979.09.14 – 1979.10.16)
• Bishops of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (Roman rite)
  • Bishop José Carlos de Oliveira, C.Ss.R. (1979.10.16 – 2008.02.27)
  • Bishop Adair José Guimarães (2008.02.27 – present)

References

1. "Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
2. "Diocese of Rubiataba–Mozarlândia". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-08.