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Diocese of Jardim

Viridarien(sis)

The Diocese of Jardim is a Latin Rite diocese in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, established on January 30, 1981 from the Diocese of Corumbá. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 January 1981
Latin
Viridarien(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Fátima
Annuario code
001001721

The see in figures

Catholics
139,852
Population
365,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
38.3%
Priests
20
Catholics per priest
6,993
Extent
69,972 km²
Catholics per km²
2.0

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
Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap.

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

Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral stands in Jardim, 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 Archdiocese of Campo Grande.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Seated in the city of Jardim, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Viridariensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande in Brazil.

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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.