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Diocese of Anápolis

Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ866874 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Anápolis (Latin: Dioecesis Anapolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Anápolis in the ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

History

October 11, 1966: Established as Diocese of Anápolis from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia

Bishops

Bishops of Anápolis (Latin Church)

Epaminondas José de Araújo (27 Oct 1966 – 5 Jun 1978), appointed Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas

Manuel Pestana Filho (30 Nov 1978 – 9 Jun 2004)

João Casimiro Wilk, O.F.M. Conv.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Diocese of Anápolis” as catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966, 1978, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Diocese, Anápolis and Catholic can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q866874. VIAF identifies the subject as 313474093. Authority coordinates are -16.329, -48.957. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966, 1978 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Diocese of Anápolis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.