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Archdiocese of Porto Velho

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Bishop(s)

  • Roque Paloschi, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 4 October 1982
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rondonia
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 84,696 (32,713 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Noroeste
  • Official Web Site: http://arquidiocesedeportovelho.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Av. Carlos Gomes 964, 76801-147 Porto Velho, RO, Brazil
  • Telephone: (069)3221-2270

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
1 May 1925ErectedDiocese of Amazonas (Eumaytà and Porto Velho)
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (San Antonio de Madeira)
Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho (erected)
1 March 1929Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Porto Velho
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres
Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim (erected) (Guaporé and Mamoré in Matto Grosso)
16 February 1952Metropolitan ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Porto Velho (from Belém do Pará)
26 June 1961Territory LostArchdiocese of Manaus (City of Manicoré)
Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho (City of Humaitá)
Territorial Prelature of Humaitá (erected)
3 January 1978Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim (Area bounded by the rivers Juruena, Cabaxi, Guaporé, and Galera)
Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho (Vila Rondônia, Cacoal (formerly called New Caledonia), Iarú, Ouro Preto, Pimenta Bueno, and Vilhena)
Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia (erected)
Diocese of Porto Velho
16 October 1979ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Porto Velho Diocese of Porto Velho
15 April 1982Territory AddedDiocese of Porto Velho (Porto Velho and Ariquemes)
Archdiocese of Porto Velho
4 October 1982ElevatedDiocese of Porto Velho Archdiocese of Porto Velho

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
194945,000100,00045.0%10104,50015262ap1951
1966240,000250,00096.0%141417,1424264ap1967
1970180,000180,000100.0%5ap1971
1976291,000300,00097.0%3202312,652232410ap1977
Diocese of Porto Velho
1980177,000185,40095.5%317208,850222917ap1981
Archdiocese of Porto Velho
1990212,000221,00095.9%1024346,2351294622ap1991
1999432,970463,95093.3%10334310,0692856327ap2000
2000598,000664,95889.9%7222920,6201656328ap2004
2013464,000680,00068.2%13314410,545798626ap2014
2016475,900697,70068.2%8263413,997487228ap2017
2019463,489835,85855.5%15264111,304327526ap2020
2021416,413867,88248.0%1429439,684437030ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 17, Page 564, to Page 566
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 606, to Page 608
  • Diocese of Porto Velho
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,504, and Page 1,505
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 74, Page 725, and Page 726
  • Archdiocese of Porto Velho
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 9, and Page 10
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 354

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