Archdiocese of Cuiabá

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Archdiocese of Cuiabá
Basic data
Country Brazil
Diocesan bishop Mílton dos Santos SDS
Emeritus diocesan bishop Bonifácio Piccinini SDS
founding 1745
surface 24,542 km²
Parishes 27 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Residents 936,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics 796,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
proportion of 85%
Diocesan priest 37 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Religious priest 56 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics per priest 8,559
Friars 78 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Religious sisters 139 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Catedral Senhor Bom Jesus
Website www.arquidiocesecuiaba.org.br
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Barra do Garças
Diocese of Diamantino
Diocese of Juína
Diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga
Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga
Territorial Prelature of São Félix
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres
Diocese of Sinop

The Archdiocese of Cuiabá ( Latin : Archidioecesis Cuiabensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Cuiabá in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso .

Forerunner of today's archdiocese was from the on December 6, 1745 Archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro hived Prelature Cuiabá levied on July 15, 1826 Diocese of Cuiabá. In 1910 the Corumbá diocese was spun off. From the Archdiocese of Cuiabá, officially founded on March 10, 1910, other parts were spun off, such as the Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres in 1910 , the Prelature Registro do Araguaia in 1914 (from 1981 Diocese of Guiratinga , abolished in 2014), in 1929 the Prelature Diamantino (from 1979 Diocese Diamantino ) and in 1940 the Chapada Prelature (from 1986 Diocese of Rondonópolis, from 2014 Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga ).

Approximately 852,000 inhabitants (as of 2006) live on approximately 24,542 km², of which 724,000 are Catholics.

Bishops

Web links

Cuiabá Cathedral