Diocese of Corumbá
| Diocese of Corumbá | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campo Grande |
| Diocesan bishop | João Aparecido Bergamasco SAC |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Segismundo Martínez Álvarez SDB |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 62,890 km² |
| Parishes | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 115,500 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 95,500 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 82.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 5 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,969 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 14 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Candelária |
| Website | http://www.cnbboeste1.org.br/Dioceses.aspx?Id=2 |
The Diocese of Corumba ( lat. : Dioecesis Corumbensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Corumbá in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul .
history
The diocese of Corumbá was established on March 10, 1910 by Pope Pius X. from cession of territory to the archdiocese of Cuiabá and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On June 15, 1957, the diocese of Corumbá gave up parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Campo Grande and Dourados . The diocese of Corumbá was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Campo Grande as a suffragan on November 27, 1978. On January 30, 1981, the Corumbá diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Jardim diocese .
Bishops of Corumbá
- Cyrillo de Paula Freitas , 1911-1918
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira SDB , 1918, then Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão
- José Maurício da Rocha , 1919–1927, then Bishop of Bragança Paulista
- Antônio de Almeida Lustosa SDB, 1928–1931, then Archbishop of Belém do Pará
- Vicente Bartolomeu Maria Priante SDB, 1933–1944
- Orlando Chaves SDB, 1948–1956, then Archbishop of Cuiabá
- Ladislau Paz SDB, 1957–1978
- Onofre Cândido Rosa SDB, 1978–1981, then Bishop of Jardim
- Vitório Pavanello SDB, 1981–1984, then coadjutor archbishop of Campo Grande
- Pedro Fré CSsR , 1985–1989, then Bishop of Barretos
- José Alves da Costa DC , 1991-1999
- Mílton Antônio dos Santos SDB, 2000–2003, then coadjutor archbishop of Cuiabá
- Segismundo Martínez Álvarez SDB, 2004–2018
- João Aparecido Bergamasco SAC , since 2018