Roman Catholic Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga
Diocese of Leste–Paranatinga Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis Diocese de Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cuiabá |
| Metropolitan | Cuiabá |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 98,056 km2 (37,860 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 170,000 127,500 (75%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 25 June 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Paranatinga |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Derek John Christopher Byrne |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mílton Antônio dos Santos |
The Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Latin: Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis) is a Latin suffragan Roman Catholic Diocese in the state of Mato Grosso, in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá in Brazil.
Its Cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral São Cristóvão, in Primavera do Leste. It also has a Co-Cathedral Co-Catedral São Francisco Xavier, in Paranatinga.
History
- On December 23, 1997, the Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga was established on territory split off from the Diocese of Barra do Garças, Diocese of Rondonópolis and Diocese of Sinop
- 25 June 2014: Suppressed to become Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga
Incumbent Prelates
(all Latin Rite)
- Territorial Prelate of Paranatinga
- Vital Chitolina, Dehonians (S.C.I.) (December 23, 1997 - December 28, 2011), later Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (2011.12.28 – ...)
- Diocesan Suffragan Bishops of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga
- Derek John Christopher Byrne, Saint Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions (S.P.S.) (June 25, 2014 - ...), previously Bishop of Guiratinga (Brazil) (2008.12.24 – 2014.06.25)
References
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