Diocese of Rondonópolis–Guiratinga
Rondonopolitan(us)-Guiratingen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rondonópolis–Guiratinga, Brazil
Latin Church diocese in Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, tracing to a 1940 territorial prelature and renamed Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga in 2014. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1940
- Latin
- Rondonopolitan(us)-Guiratingen(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002768
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 340,000
- Population
- 444,800
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 76.4%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 9,189
- Extent
- 89,666 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.8
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
- Maurício da Silva Jardim
- Birthplace
- Sapucaia do Sul
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 Santa Cruz stands in Rondonópolis–Guiratinga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Catedral São João Batista, Guiratinga.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cuiabá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cuiabá.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do GarçasBarra do Garças
- Diocese of DiamantinoDiamantino
- Diocese of Primavera do Leste–ParanatingaPrimavera do Leste–Paranatinga
- Diocese of SinopSinop
- Diocese of São Luiz de CáceresSão Luiz de Cáceres
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Rondonopolitanus--Guiratingensis) has its seat in the city of Rondonópolis.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.