Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga
| Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuiabá |
| Diocesan bishop | Juventino Kestering |
| founding | 1940 |
| surface | 53,406 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (+ 1 quasi-parish) (June 25, 2014) |
| Residents | 327,000 (June 25, 2014) |
| Catholics | 255,500 (June 25, 2014) |
| proportion of | 78.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 (June 25, 2014) |
| Religious priest | 7 (June 25, 2014) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,984 |
| Religious sisters | 47 (June 25, 2014) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Santa Cruz Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.diocesederondonopolis.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga ( lat. : Dioecesis Rondonopolitana-Guiratingensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Rondonópolis in the state of Mato Grosso .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the territorial prelature Chapada on July 13, 1940 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
On November 25, 1961, the Cathedra was moved from Chapada to Rondonópolis and took the name Territorial Prelature Rondonópolis. With the bull Laetantes omnino she was raised to the diocese on February 15, 1986. On December 23, 1997 it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the Paranatinga Territorial Prelature .
As part of the reorganization of the church province of Cuiabá , the diocese was rewritten on June 25, 2014 and received parts of the repealed diocese of Guiratinga . The name was changed to the Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga.
territory
The diocese of Rondonópolis comprises the parishes of Rondonópolis , Alto Araguaia , Alto Garças , Alto Taquari , Dom Aquino , Guiratinga Itiquira , Jaciara , Juscimeira , Pedra Preta , São José do Povo , São Pedro da Cipa and Tesouro of the state of Mato Grosso.
Ordinaries
Prelate of Chapada
- Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur OFM (1947–1961)
Prelates of Rondonópolis
- Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur OFM (1961–1970)
- Osório Willibaldo Stoffel OFM (1970–1986)
Bishops of Rondonópolis
- Osório Willibaldo Stoffel OFM (1986–1997)
- Juventino Kestering (1997-2014)
Bishops of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga
- Juventino Kestering (since June 25, 2014)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 35,000 | 37,000 | 94.6 | 5 | 5 | 7,000 | 7th | 16 | 2 | ||
| 1966 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 10.0 | 10 | 2 | 8th | 1,000 | 15th | 35 | 6th | |
| 1970 | 160,000 | 175,000 | 91.4 | 19th | 12 | 7th | 8,421 | 1 | 12 | 62 | 10 |
| 1976 | 105,000 | 150,000 | 70.0 | 14th | 9 | 5 | 7,500 | 1 | 10 | 60 | 10 |
| 1980 | 175,000 | 229,000 | 76.4 | 16 | 10 | 6th | 10,937 | 8th | 54 | 11 | |
| 1990 | 229,000 | 270,000 | 84.8 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 9,956 | 19th | 52 | 14th | |
| 1999 | 240,000 | 270,000 | 88.9 | 28 | 18th | 10 | 8,571 | 1 | 19th | 51 | 15th |
| 2000 | 245,000 | 280,000 | 87.5 | 26th | 16 | 10 | 9.423 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 15th |
| 2001 | 240,000 | 275,000 | 87.3 | 25th | 17th | 8th | 9,600 | 1 | 17th | 51 | 15th |
| 2002 | 240,000 | 275,000 | 87.3 | 25th | 17th | 8th | 9,600 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 15th |
| 2003 | 242,000 | 278,000 | 87.1 | 28 | 20th | 8th | 8,642 | 1 | 16 | 46 | 15th |
| 2004 | 237,000 | 275,000 | 86.2 | 23 | 15th | 8th | 10,304 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 15th |
| 2014 | 255,500 | 327,000 | 78.1 | 32 | 25th | 7th | 7,984 | 47 | 20th | ||
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dati statistici della diocesi di Rondonópolis - Guiratinga ( Statistics on the Diocese of Rondonópolis - Guiratinga ), in: Press Office of the Holy See, Daily Bulletin of June 25, 2014