Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns

The diocese Garanhuns (Latin: Dioecesis Garanhunensis ) is a location in Brazil the Roman Catholic Diocese based in Garanhuns in the state of Pernambuco.

History

The diocese Garanhuns was on August 2, 1918, Pope Benedict XV. built out of territory of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife and this is a suffragan. On January 13, 1962, the diocese Garanhuns were parts of its territory from the foundation of the Diocese of Palmares.

Bishops of Garanhuns

• João Tavares de Moura, 1919-1928
• Manoel Antônio de Paiva, 1929-1937
• Mário de Miranda Villas -Boas, 1938-1944, then Archbishop of Belém do Pará
• Juvêncio de Brito, 1945-1954
• Francisco Expedito Lopes, 1954-1957
• José Adelino Dantas, 1958-1967, then Bishop of Ruy Barbosa
• Milton Corrêa Pereira, 1967-1973, then Koadjutorerzbischof of Manaus
• Tiago Postma, 1974-1995
• Irineu Roque Scherer, 1998-2007, then Bishop of Joinville
• Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães CSsR, since 2008