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Diocese of Corumbá

Corumben(sis)

Diocese of Corumbá in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande. It was established in 1910 from the Diocese of Cuiabá. Bishop João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D., was appointed in November 2024 and installed in February 2025.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 March 1910
Latin
Corumben(sis)
Patron
Nossa Senhora da Candelária (Our Lady of Candelaria)
Annuario code
001001222

The see in figures

Catholics
103,600
Population
105,300
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
98.4%
Priests
17
Catholics per priest
6,094
Extent
62,890 km²
Catholics per km²
1.6

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop
João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D.

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Candelária stands in Corumbá, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Campo Grande

A suffragan of Campo Grande.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A Latin Church territory seated in the city of Corumbá, Brazil, the Diocese of Corumbá (Latin: Dioecesis Corumbensis) is a suffragan see within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese Campo Grande.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.