Sinop bishopric
| Sinop bishopric | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuiabá |
| Diocesan bishop | Canísio Klaus |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gentil Delazari |
| founding | 1982 |
| surface | 191,000 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 666,700 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 547,700 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 82.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 28 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,334 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Friars | 36 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 25 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| Website | http://www.diocesedesinop.com.br/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sinop ( lat. : Dioecesis Sinopensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Sinop in the state of Mato Grosso .
history
The diocese of Sinop was established on February 6, 1982 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quo aptius from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Diamantina and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cuiabá as a suffragan . On 23 December 1997, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sinop were parts of its territory establishing the with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesia Sancta established territorial prelate Paranatinga from.
Bishops of Sinop
- Henrique Froehlich SJ , 1982-1995
- Gentil Delazari , 1995-2016
- Canísio Klaus , since 2016
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quo aptius , AAS 74 (1982), n.7, pp. 760f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ecclesia sancta , AAS 90 (1998), n.3, p. 193ff.