The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nova Friburgo is a diocese

Diocese

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 located in the city of Nova Friburgo

Nova Friburgo

Nova Friburgo is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. It is located in the northern mountainous region of the state, 136 km from its capital Rio de Janeiro...

 in the Ecclesiastical province

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 of Niterói

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Niterói

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 in Brazil.

On Wednesday, January 20, 2010, the Holy Father

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, His Holiness

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 Pope Benedict XVI

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, appointed His Excellency

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, the Most Reverend

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 Bishop

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 Edney Gouvea Mattoso, until now Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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, as the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nova Friburgo, Brazil

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 (area 9,866, population 652,000, Catholics 599,659, priests 70, permanent deacons 16, religious 62). He succeeds Bishop

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 Emeritus

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 Rafael Llano Cifuentes, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

History

• March 26, 1960: Established as Diocese of Nova Friburgo from the Diocese of Barra do Piraí and Diocese of Petrópolis

Leadership

• Bishop
  Bishop
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  s of Nova Friburgo (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Edney Gouvea Mattoso (2010.01.20 - present); formerly an Auxiliary Bishop
    Auxiliary bishop
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     of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Brazil
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  • Bishop Rafael Llano Cifuentes (2004.05.12 – 2010.01.20)
  • Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (later Archbishop) (1993.11.24 – 2003.09.24)
  • Bishop Clemente Isnard
    Clemente Isnard
    Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B. was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.Isnard was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1917 and was ordained a priest on December 19, 1942 of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Nova Friburgo on April 23,...
    
    , O.S.B. (1960.04.23 – 1992.07.17)