Diocese of Tocantinópolis
| Diocese of Tocantinópolis | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Palma |
| Diocesan bishop | Giovane Pereira de Melo |
| founding | December 20, 1954 |
| surface | 43,484 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 533.570 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 418,590 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 78.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,513 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Friars | 20 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 29 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Consolação |
| address | CP 01 Rua 15 de Novembro 245 77900-000 Tocantinópolis, TO Brazil |
| Website | http://diocesedetocantinopolis.org.br/ |
The diocese Tocantinópolis ( lat. : Dioecesis Tocantinopolitanus ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tocantinópolis in the state of Tocantins .
history
The diocese Tocantinópolis was on December 20, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. established with the papal bull Ceu Pastor from cession of territory of the diocese of Porto Nacional as territorial prelature Tocantinópolis . The territorial prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Goiás as a suffragan . On March 26, 1956, the territorial prelature Tocantinópolis was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Goiânia as a suffragan.
The territorial prelature Tocantinópolis was raised on October 30, 1980 to the diocese. On March 27, 1996, the diocese of Tocantinópolis was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Palmas as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Tocantinópolis
- Cornélio Chizzini FDP , 1962–1980
Bishops of Tocantinópolis
- Cornélio Chizzini FDP, 1980-1981
- Aloísio Hilário de Pinho FDP, 1981–1999, then Bishop of Jataí
- Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro , 2001–2007, then Bishop of Oliveira
- Giovane Pereira de Melo , since 2009