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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tocantinópolis

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Metropolitan
  
Palmas

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
42,500 km²

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)404,600315,000 (77.9%)

Established
  
20 December 1954 (62 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Consolação

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palmas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tocantinópolis (Latin: Dioecesis Tocantinopolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Tocantinópolis in the Ecclesiastical province of Palmas in Brazil.

Contents

History

  • 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis from the Diocese of Porto Nacional
  • 30 October 1980: Promoted as Diocese of Tocantinópolis

    • Leadership

  • Prelates of Tocantinópolis (Roman Rite)
  • Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. † (12 April 1962 - 30 October 1980) became bishop of the diocese
  • Bishops of Tocantinópolis (Roman rite)
  • Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. (30 October 1980 - 12 August 1981) Died
  • Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. (9 November 1981 - 22 December 1999) Appointed, Bishop of Jataí
  • Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro (17 January 2001 - 31 October 2007) Appointed, Bishop of Oliveira
  • Giovane Pereira de Melo (4 March 2009 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Tocantinópolis Wikipedia
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