Metropolitan Cuiabá Pope Francis Phone +55 66 3431-1246 | Rite Latin Rite Area 38,666 km² Country Brazil | |
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Population
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- Catholics (as of 2006)
153,800
102,000 (66.3%) Established 12 May 1914 (102 years ago) Cathedral Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Guiratinga Address Av. Mal. Rondon, 852 - Centro, Guiratinga - MT, 78760-000, Brazil Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá | ||
The Diocese of Guiratinga (Dioecesis Guiratingensis) was an ecclesiastical circumscription of the Catholic Church in Brazil, belonging to the Ecclesiastical Province of Cuiabá and the West II Regional Bishops' Council of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, being a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá. The episcopal see is the Cathedral St. John the Baptist in the city of Guiratinga in the state of Mato Grosso.
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The Prelature Registry Araguaia (Territorialis Praelatura Registrensis or Territorialis Praelatura registration Araguaia) was erected on May 12, 1914 by Pope Pius X, by decree of the Sacred Congregation Concistorial [1], from territory taken from the Archdiocese Cuiabá, and delivered by the Holy See to the care of the Salesians. 1st Bishop Prelate: Don Antonio Malan - SDB - (1914-1924) Apostolic Administrator: Mons. Conturon John the Baptist (1924 - 1937) 2nd Bishop Prelate: Bishop Jose Selva - SDB (1937-1956) 3rd Bishop Prelate: Don Camillo Faresin - SDB (1956-1969) Pope Paul VI, on May 27, 1969, changed the name to Prelature of Guiratinga (Territorialis Praelatura Guiratingensis). On October 3, 1981, was promoted to the rank of diocese by Pope John Paul II.