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Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres

Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Caceres



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Bishop(s)

  • Jacy Diniz Rocha, Bishop
  • José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5 April 1910
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cuiabá
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mato Grosso
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 135,969 (52,518 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Oeste 2
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Antonio Maria 69, 78210-040 Caceres, MT, Brazil
  • Telephone: (065)3223-1788; 3223-1859

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5 April 1910ErectedArchdiocese of Cuiabá Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (erected)
1 May 1925Territory LostDiocese of Amazonas
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres
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)
22 June 1940Territory AddedArchdiocese of Cuiabá (Boundaries adjusted)
Territorial Prelature of Diamantino (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (Boundaries adjusted)
24 May 2003Territory AddedDiocese of Ji-Paraná (Nossa Senhora da Guia) Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195042,00047,30088.8%1785,2507154ap1951
1966100,000105,00095.2%17812,50011334ap1967
1970125,000130,00096.2%18913,88814334ap1971
1976176,000195,00090.3%671313,53812529ap1977
1980176,000198,00088.9%961511,73312799ap1981
1990233,000254,00091.7%205259,320109216ap1991
1999314,000400,00078.5%1992811,214165018ap2000
2000318,000415,00076.6%1982711,777154718ap2001
2001318,000415,00076.6%17102711,777184718ap2002
2002316,000400,00079.0%20103010,533184718ap2003
2003317,000400,00079.3%1892711,7401174718ap2004
2004318,000400,00079.5%19102910,965164719ap2005
2010334,000428,00078.0%2712398,564185021ap2011
2014351,000449,00078.2%2517428,3571235223ap2015
2017359,980460,95078.1%2321448,1812273725ap2018
2020295,111417,82770.6%2914436,8632213025ap2021
2022299,000422,63470.7%3115466,5002182826ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 32, Page 436, and Page 437
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 95, Page 730, and Page 731

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