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Roman Catholic Diocese of Dourados

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
68,300 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Dimas Lara Barbosa

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2011) 485,927 353,000 (72.6%)

Established
  
15 June 1957 (59 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição

Emeritus Bishops
  
Alberto Johannes Först, O.Carm.

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campo Grande

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dourados (Latin: Dioecesis Auratopolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Dourados in the Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande in Brazil.

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History

  • June 15, 1957: Established as Diocese of Dourados from the Diocese of Corumbá

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Dourados (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Redovino Rizzardo, C.S. (2001.12.05 – 2015.10.21)
  • Bishop Alberto Johannes Först, O. Carm. (1990.05.12 – 2001.12.05)
  • Bishop Teodardo Leitz, O.F.M. (1970.11.27 – 1990.05.12)
  • Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. (1960.08.29 – 1970.02.14)
  • Bishop José de Aquino Pereira (1958.01.23 – 1960.03.26)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Dourados Wikipedia
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