Diocese of Diamantino
| Diocese of Diamantino | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuiabá |
| Diocesan bishop | Vital Chitolina SCJ |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 107,498 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 323,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 235,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 72.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,038 |
| Friars | 26 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 36 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Imaculada Conceição |
| Website | http://www.diocesedediamantino.com.br/ |
The diocese Diamantino ( lat. : Dioecesis Adamanteae ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Diamantino in the state of Mato Grosso .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Territorial Prelature Diamantino on March 22, 1929 with the Apostolic Constitution Cura universae Ecclesiae from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá , to which it was also subordinated as a Suffragan Diocese.
With the bull Cura universae Ecclesiae she was raised to the diocese on October 16, 1979.
territory
The Diocese of Diamantino includes the parishes of Diamantino, Alto Paraguai, Arenápolis, Campo Novo do Parecis, Denise, Ipiranga do Norte, Itanhangá, Lucas do Rio Verde, Nortelândia, Nova Marilândia, Nova Maringá, Nova Mutum, Santo Afonso, São José do Rio Claro , Sapezal, Tangará da Serra, Tapurah and Santa Rita do Trivelato of the state of Mato Grosso.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Diamantino
- Alonso Silveira de Mello SJ (June 13, 1955– November 29, 1971)
- Henrique Froehlich SJ (November 29, 1971– October 16, 1979)
Bishops of Diamantino
- Henrique Froehlich SJ (October 16, 1979– March 25, 1982, then Bishop of Sinop )
- Agostinho Willy Kist SJ (November 15, 1982– August 26, 1998, retired)
- Canísio Klaus (August 26, 1998– May 19, 2010, then Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul )
- Vital Chitolina SCJ , since 2011
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Diamantino on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Diamantino on gcatholic.org (English)