Diocese of Coxim
Diocese of Coxim | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campo Grande |
Diocesan bishop | Antonino Migliore |
Vicar General | Carlos Danilo Tonello |
founding | 1978 |
surface | 45,000 km² |
Parishes | 14 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 140,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 96,800 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 69.1% |
Diocesan priest | 16 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5,378 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Friars | 3 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 18 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | São José Cathedral |
address | Cúria Diocesan C.P. 60 Av. Viriato Bandeira 834 79400-000 Coxim, MS Brazil |
Website | http://www.diocesedecoxim.com.br/ |
The diocese Coxim ( lat. : Dioecesis Coxinensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Coxim in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul .
history
The diocese of Coxim was on January 3, 1978 by Pope Paul VI. Erected from territory ceded by the diocese of Campo Grande as the territorial prelature of Coxim and subordinated to the archbishopric of Cuiabá as a suffragan . The Territorial Prelature Coxim was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Campo Grande as a suffragan on November 27, 1978. On November 13, 2002, the territorial prelature Coxim was raised to the diocese.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Coxim
- Clóvis Frainer OFMCap , 1978–1985, then Archbishop of Manaus
- Ângelo Domingos Salvador OFMCap, 1986–1991, then Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul
- Osório Bebber, OFMCap, 1992–1999, then Bishop of Joaçaba
- Antonino Migliore , 2000-2002
Bishops of Coxim
- Antonino Migliore, since 2002