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Roman Catholic Diocese of Diamantino

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Metropolitan
  
Cuiabá

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
105,406 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 269,192 188,434 (70%)

Established
  
22 March 1929 (87 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Diamantino

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Diamantino (Latin: Dioecesis Adamanteae) is a diocese located in the city of Diamantino in the Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá in Brazil.

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History

  • March 22, 1929: Established as Territorial Prelature of Diamantino from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá
  • October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Diamantino

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Diamantino (Latin Rite)
  • Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. (2011.12.28 - present)
  • Canísio Klaus (1998.08.26 – 2011.12.28)
  • Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J. (1982.11.15 – 1998.08.26)
  • Henrique Froehlich, S.J. (1979.10.16 – 1982.03.25)
  • Prelates of Diamantino (Roman Rite)
  • Henrique Froehlich, S.J. (1971.11.29 – 1979.10.16)
  • Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J. (1955.06.13 – 1971.11.29; Apostolic Administrator 1949.11.12 – 1955.06.13)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Diamantino Wikipedia
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