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Roman Catholic Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

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Metropolitan
  
Cuiabá

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
98,056 km²

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2014)170,000127,500 (75%)

Established
  
25 June 2014 (2 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Paranatinga

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá

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.

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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

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga Wikipedia
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