Roman Catholic Diocese of Campos

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Campos Dioecesis Camposina

Catedral Basílica do Santíssimo Salvador in 1973
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Niterói
Statistics
Area	12,520 km (4,830 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 986,000 854,000 (86.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4 December 1922 (102 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica do Santíssimo Salvador
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Rezende Francisco Dias
Bishops emeritus	Roberto Gomes Guimarães
Website
http://diocesedecampos.org.br/

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campos (Latin: Dioecesis Camposina) is a diocese located in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes in the ecclesiastical province of Niterói in Brazil.

History

On December 4, 1922 it was established as the Diocese of Campos from the Diocese of Niterói.

The Bishops of Campos (Roman rite) are, in reverse chronological order:

Bishop Roberto Francisco Ferrería Paz (2011.06.08 – present)
Bishop Roberto Gomes Guimarães (1995.11.22 – 2011.06.08, retired)
Bishop João Corso, S.D.B. (1990.10.12 – 1995.11.22, resigned)
Bishop Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro (1981.08.29 – 1990.05.09), appointed Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer (1949.01.03 – 1981.08.29)
Archbishop (personal title) Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque (1935.12.16 – 1949.01.03)
Bishop Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B. (1925.05.01 – 1935.12.16), appointed Bishop of Cafelândia

Fernando Arêas Rifan, appointed Coadjutor Apostolic Administrator of São João Maria Vianney, Rio de Janeiro in 2002
Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 2012

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