Diocese of Juína
| Diocese of Juína | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuiabá |
| Diocesan bishop | Neri José Tondello |
| founding | 1997 |
| surface | 129,078 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 156,300 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 140,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 90% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,405 |
| Friars | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus |
The diocese Juína ( Latin Dioecesis Iuinensis , Portuguese Diocese de Juína ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Juína in the state of Mato Grosso .
history
The Diocese of Juína was established on December 23, 1997 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad plenius from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Diamantina and the Diocese of Ji-Paraná . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cuiabá as a suffragan .
Bishops of Juína
- Franco Dalla Valle SDB , 1997-2007
- Neri José Tondello , since 2008
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad plenius , AAS 90 (1998), n.2, p. 86ff.