Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos
| Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Goiânia |
| Diocesan bishop | Lindomar Rocha Mota |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Carmelo Scampa |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 43,965 km² |
| Parishes | 52 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 347,970 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 297,550 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 85.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,918 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral São Luís Gonzaga |
| Website | http://www.cnbbco.org.br/diocese_detalhe.php?id_diocese |
The Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Montes Belos , Portuguese Diocese de São Luís de Montes Belos ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in São Luís de Montes Belos in the state of Goiás .
history
Pope John XXIII founded with the Apostolic Constitution Cum venerabilis on November 25, 1961 the territorial prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos from territories of the dioceses of Goiás , Jataí and the Archdiocese of Goiânia, to which it was also subordinated as a suffragandiocese .
With the bull Qui ad Beatissimi Petri it was raised to a diocese on August 4, 1981.
territory
The Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos includes the municipalities of São Luís de Montes Belos , Acreúna , Americano do Brasil , Amorinópolis , Anicuns , Aragarças , Arenópolis , Aurilândia , Avelinópolis , Baliza , Bom Jardim de Goiás , Cachoeira de Goias , Caiapônia , Cezarina , Córrego do Ouro , Diorama , Doverlândia , Firminopolis , Indiara , Iporá , Israelândia , Ivolândia , Jandaia , Jaupaci , Moiporá , Montes Claros de Goias , Nazário , Palestina de Goiás , Palmeiras de Goiás , Palminópolis , Paraúna , piranhas , São João da Paraúna , Turvânia and Turvelândia of the State of Goiás.
Ordinaries
Prelate of São Luís de Montes Belos
- Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis CP (November 26, 1962 - August 4, 1981)
Bishops of São Luís de Montes Belos
- Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis CP (August 4, 1981 - February 10, 1987)
- Washington Cruz CP (February 10, 1987 - May 8, 2002, then Archbishop of Goiânia )
- Carmelo Scampa (October 30, 2002 - January 22, 2020)
- Lindomar Rocha Mota (since January 22, 2020)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1966 | 170,000 | 232.414 | 73.1 | 18th | 2 | 16 | 9,444 | 8th | 6th | ||
| 1968 | 185,544 | 202,559 | 91.6 | 21st | 2 | 19th | 8,835 | 19th | 17th | 11 | |
| 1976 | 264,000 | 305,000 | 86.6 | 14th | 3 | 11 | 18,857 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 14th |
| 1980 | 262,000 | 315,000 | 83.2 | 21st | 7th | 14th | 12,476 | 14th | 31 | 18th | |
| 1990 | 312,000 | 398,000 | 78.4 | 26th | 8th | 18th | 12,000 | 3 | 18th | 49 | 20th |
| 2000 | 239.940 | 299,925 | 80.0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 10,432 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 37 |
| 2010 | 207,000 | 308,000 | 67.2 | 28 | 18th | 10 | 7,392 | 8th | 15th | 31 | 37 |
| 2014 | 214,700 | 320,000 | 67.1 | 31 | 23 | 8th | 6,925 | 8th | 10 | 24 | 37 |
| 2017 | 297,550 | 347.970 | 85.5 | 30th | 21st | 9 | 9,918 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 52 |
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos on gcatholic.org (English)