Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará Mirim

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Rite Latin Rite Bishop Benedito Araújo Country Brazil		Pope Francis Area 89,700 km²
Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)218,500130,200 (59.6%) Established 1 March 1929 (88 years ago) Cathedral Catedral Nossa Senhora do Seringueiro Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará-Mirim (Latin: Dioecesis Guaiaramirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Guajará-Mirim in the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.

History

1 March 1929: Established as Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim from Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres

16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Guajará-Mirim

Bishops of Guajará-Mirim (Roman rite)

Bishop Benedito Araújo (2011.12.09 - present)

Bishop Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier (1980.07.31 – 2011.12.09)

Prelates of Guajará-Mirim (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. (1966.03.12 – 1978.11.03)

Bishop Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. (1945.05.19 – 1966.03.12)

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