Diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga
| Diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuiabá |
| Diocesan bishop | Derek John Christopher Byrne SPS |
| founding | 2014 |
| surface | 89,636 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 186.013 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 130.008 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 69.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,194 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| Co-cathedral | São Francisco Xavier in Paranatinga |
| Website | https://dioceseprimaveraptga.org.br |
The Diocese of Primavera do Leste Paranatinga is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Primavera do Leste in the state of Mato Grosso .
history
The diocese Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga was established on June 25, 2014 by Pope Francis from ceding territories of the dissolved diocese of Guiratinga and the dissolved territorial prelature Paranatinga and subordinated to the archbishopric of Cuiabá as a suffragan diocese. The first bishop was Derek John Christopher Byrne SPS .
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 26, 2014.
- Entry on the diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga on gcatholic.org (English)