Diocese of Anápolis
Anapolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Anápolis, Brazil
The Diocese of Anápolis is a Latin Church diocese in Goiás state, Brazil, erected on October 11, 1966 from the Archdiocese of Goiânia. Waldemar Passini Dalbello became bishop on November 11, 2025 after serving as coadjutor.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 1966
- Latin
- Anapolitan(us)
- Patron
- santa Ana
- Annuario code
- 001000683
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 325,648
- Population
- 465,212
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 128
- Catholics per priest
- 2,544
- Extent
- 14,227 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Waldemar Passini Dalbello
- Born
- 6 June 1966
- Birthplace
- Anápolis
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Senhor Bom Jesus stands in Anápolis, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Goiânia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Goiânia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GoiásGoiás
- Archdiocese of GoiâniaGoiânia
- Diocese of ItumbiaraItumbiara
- Diocese of JataíJataí
- Diocese of Rubiataba–MozarlândiaRubiataba–Mozarlândia
- Diocese of São Luís de Montes BelosSão Luís de Montes Belos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Brazilian city of Anápolis holds the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Anapolitanus), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Goiânia.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.