Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins

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Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
Basic data
Country Brazil
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Palma
Diocesan bishop Philip Dickmans
founding 1966
surface 47,816 km²
Parishes 22 (July 10, 2019)
Residents 224,620 (July 10, 2019)
Catholics 153,760 (July 10, 2019)
proportion of 68.5%
Diocesan priest 19 (July 10, 2019)
Religious priest 2 (July 10, 2019)
Catholics per priest 7,322
Permanent deacons 10 (July 10, 2019)
Friars 4 (July 10, 2019)
Religious sisters 27 (July 10, 2019)
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Catedral Santa Terezinha do Menino Jesus
Website http://diocesedemiracemato.org.br/

The Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins ( lat. : Dioecesis Miracemanus Tocantinensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Miracema do Tocantins in the state of Tocantins .

history

The diocese of Miracema do Tocantins was on October 11, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. built with the papal bull De animorum utilitate from cessions of territory of the diocese of Porto Nacional as the territorial prelature Miracema do Norte . The territorial prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Goiânia as a suffragan .

On August 4, 1981, the territorial prelature Miracema do Norte was raised to the diocese. The diocese of Miracema do Norte was renamed the Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins on October 4, 1989 . On March 27, 1996, the Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins gave up parts of its territory to establish the Archdiocese of Palma . The diocese of Miracema do Tocantins is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Palmas as a suffragan.

territory

The diocese covers After adjusting the diocese borders to diocese Cristalândia the located in the state of Tocantins Municipalities Abreulândia , Araguacema , Barra do Ouro , Barrolandia , Bernardo Sayão , Bom Jesus do Tocantis , Brasilândia , Campos Lindos , Centenario , Colmeia , Colinas do Tocantis , Couto Magalhães , Dois Irmãos , Fortaleza do Tabocão , Goiatins , Goianorte , Guaraí , Itacajá , Itapiratins , Itaporã , Juarina , Miracema do Tocantins , Miranorte , Pedro Afonso , Pequizeiro , Presidente Kennedy , Recursolândia , Rio dos Bois , Santa Maria do Tocantins , Tupirama and Tupirama .

Ordinaries

Prelates of Miracema do Norte

Bishops of Miracema do Norte

  • James Collins CSsR, 1981-1989

Bishops of Miracema do Tocantins

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Elevazione a Diocesi della Prelatura Territorial di Cristalândia (Brasile) e del primo Vescovo nouns. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 10, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 (Italian).