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Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Cuiabá

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Phone
  
+55 65 3223-1788

Patron saint
  
Louis IX of France

Metropolitan
  
Cuiabá

Area
  
135,260 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 428,000 334,000 (78%)

Established
  
5 April 1910 (106 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Louis IX of France in Cáceres

Address
  
R. Antônio Maria, 69 - Centro, Cáceres - MT, 78200-000, Brazil

Similar
  
Paróquia Nossa Senhora, Catedral São Luís de Cáceres, PREFEIT MUNICIP DE CÁCE, Praça Barão do Rio Branco, Rádio Difusora de Cáceres

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Caceres) is a diocese located in the city of Cáceres in the Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá in Brazil.

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History

  • April 5, 1910: Established as Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of São Luíz de Cáceres(Roman rite)
  • Bishop Antônio Emidio Vilar, S.D.B. (2008.07.23 - present)
  • Bishop José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. (1998.11.11 – 2008.07.23)
  • Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27)
  • Bishop Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. (1967.11.03 – 1991.07.24)
  • Fr. Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1955 – 1967.11.03)
  • Bishop Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R. (1915.03.13 – 1954.04.27)
  • Bishop Modesto Augusto Vieira (1911.05.12 – 1914.01.12)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres Wikipedia
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