# Diocese of Ipameri

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{{Short description|Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction     = Diocese 
|name             = Ipameri 
|latin            = Dioecesis Ipameriensis 
|image            = 
|caption          = 
|country          = [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
|province         = [Goiânia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Goi%C3%A2nia) 
|denomination     = [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)
|sui_iuris_church = [Latin Church](/source/Latin_Church)
|rite             = [Roman Rite](/source/Roman_Rite)
|established      = 11 October 1966 ({{age|1966|10|11}} years ago)
|cathedral        = Catedral Divino Espírito Santo 
|cocathedral      = 
|area_km2         = 22,947 
|population       = 285,000 
|population_as_of = 2006  
|catholics        = 214,000  
|catholics_percent= 75.1  
|pope             = {{Incumbent pope}}
|bishop           = [José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Rodrigues_do_R%C3%AAgo)
|coadjutor        = 
|auxiliary_bishops= 
|emeritus_bishops = 
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|website          = 
}}
The '''Diocese of Ipameri''' ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Ipameriensis}}) is a [Latin Church](/source/Latin_Church) ecclesiastical territory or [diocese](/source/diocese) of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) in [Brazil](/source/Brazil). It is a [suffragan diocese](/source/suffragan_diocese) in the [ecclesiastical province](/source/ecclesiastical_province) of the [metropolitan](/source/metropolis_(religious_jurisdiction)) [Archdiocese of Goiânia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Goi%C3%A2nia).

Its [cathedral](/source/cathedral) is Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, dedicated to the [Holy Spirit](/source/Holy_Spirit), in the [episcopal see](/source/episcopal_see) of [Ipameri](/source/Ipameri). The current [bishop](/source/bishop) is José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dipam.html|title=Diocese of Ipameri|website=catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=14 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114213936/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dipam.html|archive-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
* Established on 11 October 1966 as Diocese of Ipameri, on territory split from its Metropolitan, the [Archdiocese of Goiania](/source/Archdiocese_of_Goiania).
* Lost territory on 1989.03.29 to establish the [Diocese of Luziânia](/source/Diocese_of_Luzi%C3%A2nia)

== Statistics ==
{{As of|2015}}, it pastorally served 299,000 Catholics (93.4% of 320,000 total population) on 296,426&nbsp;km² in 17 parishes with 33 priests (17 diocesan, 16 religious), 66 lay religious (21 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

== Episcopal Ordinaries ==
(all native Brazilians)

;''[Bishop](/source/Bishop)s of Ipameri''
* [Gilberto Pereira Lopes](/source/Gilberto_Pereira_Lopes) (1966.11.03 – 1975.12.19), next [Titular Archbishop](/source/Titular_Archbishop) of [Aurusuliana](/source/Aurusuliana) (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10) as [Coadjutor Archbishop](/source/Coadjutor_Archbishop) of [Campinas](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Campinas) (Brazil) (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1982.02.10 – retired 2004.06.02)
* [Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira](/source/Ant%C3%B4nio_Ribeiro_de_Oliveira) (1975.12.19 – 1985.10.23); previously Titular Bishop of [Arindela](/source/Arindela) (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19) as [Auxiliary Bishop](/source/Auxiliary_Bishop) of Goiânia (Brazil) (1961.08.25 – 1975.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of [Goiânia](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Goiania) (Brazil) (1985.10.23 – retired 2002.05.08), died 2017
* [Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes](/source/Tarc%C3%ADsio_Sebasti%C3%A3o_Batista_Lopes), [O.F.M. Cap.](/source/O.F.M._Cap.) (1986.12.19 – 1998.07.29), died 2001: previously Bishop of [Grajaú](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Graja%C3%BA) (Brazil) (1984.04.04 – 1986.12.19)
**'' [Apostolic Administrator](/source/Apostolic_Administrator)'' Archbishop [Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila](/source/Geraldo_do_Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo_%C3%81vila) (1998.07.29 – 1999.05.19), while [Titular Archbishop](/source/Titular_Archbishop) of [Gemellæ in Numidia](/source/Gemell%C3%A6_in_Numidia) (1990.10.31 – 1998.03.07) as [Archbishop Military Ordinariate](/source/Archbishop_Military_Ordinariate) of [Brazil](/source/Military_Ordinary_of_Brazil) (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14); previously Titular Bishop of [Gemellæ in Numidia](/source/Gemell%C3%A6_in_Numidia) (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31) as Auxiliary Bishop of [Archdiocese of Brasília](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Bras%C3%ADlia) (Brazil) (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31)
* Guilherme Antônio Werlang, [Missionaries of the Holy Family](/source/Missionaries_of_the_Holy_Family) (M.S.F.) (1999.05.19 – 2018.02.07)), next Bishop of [Lages](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Lages) (Brazil) (2018.02.07 – ...).
* [José Francisco Rodrigues do Rêgo](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Rodrigues_do_R%C3%AAgo) (2019.05.15 - ...,,)

== See also ==
* [List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil](/source/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_Brazil)

== Sources and external links ==
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* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ipam0.htm GCatholic.org, with Google satellite map & HQ picture - data for all sections]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dipam.html Catholic Hierarchy]

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