Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré is a diocese located in the city of Nazaré da Mata in the Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.History
- August 2, 1918: Established as Diocese of Nazaré from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife
Bishops
- Bishops of Nazaré, in reverse chronological order
- * Bishop Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena
- * Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas
- * Bishop Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira
- * Bishop Manuel Pereira da Costa
- * Bishop João de Souza Lima
- * Bishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho
- * Bishop Riccardo Ramos de Castro Vilela
Auxiliary bishop
- Jaime Mota de Farias, appointed Bishop of Alagoinhas, Bahia
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- João da Matha de Andrade e Amaral, appointed Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba in 1934
- Gentil Diniz Barreto, appointed Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte in 1960
- Manoel dos Reis de Farias, appointed Bishop of Patos, Paraiba in 2001
- Limacêdo Antônio da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco in 2018
