Diocese of Três Lagoas
| Diocese of Três Lagoas | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campo Grande |
| Diocesan bishop | Luiz Gonçalves Knupp |
| founding | 1978 |
| surface | 57,876 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 274,250 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 197,900 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 72.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,641 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Friars | 13 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 41 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| Website | http://www.diocese3lagoas.com.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Três Lagoas ( lat. : Dioecesis Trilacunensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Três Lagoas in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul .
history
The diocese Três Lagoas was on January 3, 1978 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Sacer Praesul from cessions of territory of the diocese of Campo Grande and subordinated to the archdiocese of Cuiabá as a suffragan . On November 27, 1978, the Diocese of Três Lagoas was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Campo Grande as a suffragan.
Bishops of Três Lagoas
- Geraldo Majela Reis , 1978–1981, then Archbishop of Diamantina
- Izidoro Kosiński CM , 1981–2009
- José Moreira Bastos Neto , 2009-2014
- Luiz Gonçalves Knupp , since 2015