Diocese of Nazaré
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré is located in the city of Nazaré da Mata in the ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife in Brazil.
On August 2, 1918 it was established as Diocese of Nazaré from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife.
Bishops
- Bishops of Nazaré, in reverse chronological order
- * Francisco de Assis Dantas de Lucena
- * Severino Batista de França, OFMCap
- * Jorge Tobias de Freitas
- * Manuel Lisboa de Oliveira
- * Manuel Pereira da Costa
- * João de Souza Lima
- * Carlos Gouvêa Coelho
- * 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