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Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda

Dioecesis Barrensis de Pirai-Voltaredondensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito, Bishop
  • Francesco Biasin, Bishop Emeritus
  • João Maria Messi, O.S.M., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 26 January 1965
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio de Janeiro
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 4,624 (1,786 Square Miles)
  • Description: Volta Redonda, Barra do Piraí, Resende, Barra Mansa, Itatiaia, Quatis, Porto Real, Rio Claro, Pinheiral, Mendes, Paulo de Frontin, and Piraí
  • Conference Region: Leste 1
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesevr.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Rua 25/B 44, Vila Santa Cecilia, 27260-330 Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
  • Telephone: (024)3340-2801
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Barra do Piraí
4 December 1922ErectedDiocese of Niterói (Nictheroy) Diocese of Barra do Piraí (erected)
27 March 1925Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Piraí (Besengano, Conservatória, Encruzilhada, Ipiabas, Miguel Pereira, Paraíba do Sul, Paty do Alferes, Rio Bonito, Rio das Flores, Sapucaia, Três Rios, Valença, and Vassouras)
Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy) (Carmo and Sumidouro)
Diocese of Valença (erected)
13 April 1946Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Piraí (Duque de Caxias and São João de Meriti)
Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy) (Petrópolis, Teresópolis, São José do Vale do Rio Preto, Magé, Guapimirim, part of Três Rios (Bemposta), and part of Paraíba do Sul (Parish of Inconfidência))
Diocese of Petrópolis (erected)
26 March 1960Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Piraí (Nova Iguacú, Nilópolis, Itaguaí, Mangaratiba, district of Tairetá, and region Sertâo (Vassouras))
Diocese of Petrópolis (São João de Meriti)
Diocese of Nova Iguaçu (erected)
13 June 1960Territory AddedDiocese of Valença (Ipiabas) Diocese of Barra do Piraí
Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda
26 January 1965Name ChangedDiocese of Barra do Piraí Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda
14 March 1980Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda (Angra dos Reis and Parati)
Diocese of Nova Iguaçu (Itaguai and Mangaratiba)
Diocese of Itaguaí (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Barra do Piraí
1950350,000400,00087.5%3119507,000207134ap1951
1959650,000800,00081.3%40651056,1909013549ap1960
Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda
1966600,000600,000100.0%23315411,111356232ap1967
1970300,000500,00060.0%2332555,454439542ap1971
1976337,000524,00064.3%2028487,02033415326ap1977
1980375,000608,06061.7%2230527,2114499226ap1981
1990688,224770,70889.3%27214814,33835111226ap1991
1999592,605790,14075.0%28154313,78122510120ap2000
2000563,507751,34375.0%28194711,9892299522ap2001
2001556,525742,03475.0%26194512,36722810122ap2002
2002556,525742,03475.0%26174312,9422189922ap2003
2003556,525742,03475.0%27164312,9422199422ap2004
2004556,525742,03475.0%28154312,9423188422ap2005
2006572,000761,00075.2%31174811,9163217422ap2007
2012683,000813,00084.0%40165612,19615166722ap2013
2015700,000832,00084.1%45176211,29019184728ap2016
2018606,000824,56073.5%4714619,93420154728ap2019
2020615,800837,60073.5%48136110,09519164728ap2021
2022625,000850,00073.5%5013639,92018143129ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Barra do Piraí
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 15, Page 485, to Page 487
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 906, and Page 907
  • Diocese of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 873, and Page 874

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