Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns is a diocese located in the city of Garanhuns in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.History
- August 2, 1918: Established as Diocese of Garanhuns from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
Bishops
- Bishops of Garanhuns, in reverse chronological order
- * Bishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa
- * Bishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.Ss.R., appointed Bishop of Brazil, Military
- * Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer, appointed Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina
- * Bishop Tiago Postma
- * Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
- * Bishop José Adelino Dantas, appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa, Bahia
- * Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes
- * Bishop Juvéncio de Brito
- * Bishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas, appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará
- * Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva
- * Bishop João Tavares de Moura
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
