Diocese of Valença
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Valença is a diocese located in the city of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, in the ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
History
- 27 March 1925: Established as Diocese of Valença from the Diocese of Barra do Piraí
Bishops
- Bishops of Valença, in reverse chronological order
- * Bishop Nelson Francelino Ferreira
- * Bishop Elias James Manning, O.F.M. Conv.
- * Bishop Amaury Castanho, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Jundiaí, São Paulo
- * Bishop José Costa Campos, appointed Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais
- * Bishop Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena
- * Bishop René de Pontes
- * Bishop André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Paulo Cezar Costa, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 2010