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Diocese of Barra do Garças

Dioecesis Barragartiensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 27 February 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cuiabá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mato Grosso
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 80,467 (31,080 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Oeste 2
  • Mailing Address: Rua Carlos Gomes 85, 78600-000 Barre do Garcas, MT, Brazil
  • Telephone: (065)401.5105

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
27 February 1982ErectedDiocese of Guiratinga Diocese of Barra do Garças (erected)
23 December 1997Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Garças
Diocese of Rondonópolis
Diocese of Sinop
Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990116,000127,00091.3%217196,1052226213ap1991
1999143,900177,00081.3%418226,5401237013ap2000
2000150,700185,22081.4%415197,9311216413ap2002
200295,958144,24366.5%214165,9979277314ap2003
200385,094121,56370.0%315184,727256314ap2004
200498,222122,77880.0%314175,777195614ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops

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