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Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins

Dioecesis Miracemana Tocantinensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 4 October 1989
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Palmas
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Tocatins
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 45,985 (17,761 Square Miles)
  • Description: Abreulândia, Araguacema, Barrolândia, Bernardo Sayão, Bom Jesus do Tocantis, Brasilândia, Centenário, Colmeia, Colinas do Tocantis, Couto Magalhães, Dois Irmãos, Fortaleza do Tabocão, Goianorte, Guaraí, Itacajá, Itapiratins, Itaporã, Juarina, Miracema do Tocantins, Miranorte, Pedro Afonso, Pequizeiro, Presidente Kennedy, Recursolândia, Rio dos Bois, Santa Maria do Tocantins, Tupirama, and Tupiratins (all in Tocantini)
  • Conference Region: Norte 3
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesedemiracemato.org.br
  • Mailing Address: Praca Derocy Moraes 123, 77650-000 Miracema do Tocantins, TO, Brazil
  • Telephone: (063)3366-2285

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte
11 October 1966ErectedDiocese of Porto Nacional (Colinas do Goiás, Itacajá, Lizarda, Miracema do Norte, Miranorte, Pedro Afonso, Piaca, Tocantinia, Tupirama, and Tupiratins) Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte (erected)
13 December 1979Territory AddedTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Pequizeiro and Itaporã de Goiás) Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte
Diocese of Miracema do Norte
4 August 1981ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte Diocese of Miracema do Norte
Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
4 October 1989Name ChangedDiocese of Miracema do Norte Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
27 March 1996Territory LostDiocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Aparecida do Rio Negro, Lageado, Lizarda, Rio Sono, and Reserva Xerente)
Diocese of Porto Nacional (Palmas, Sao Félix do Tocantins, Mateiros, Novo Acordo, Santa Teresa do Tocantins, and Lagoa do Tocantins)
Archdiocese of Palmas (erected)
27 March 1996Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Miracema do Tocantins (from Goiânia)
26 May 1998Territory LostDiocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Part of Tocantinia) Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão
10 July 2019Territory AddedTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Boundaries adjusted)
31 January 2023Territory LostDiocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Barra do Ouro, Campos Lindos, and Goiatins (all in Tocantini))
Diocese of Tocantinópolis (Aragominas, Araguaína, Araguanã, Arapoema, Babaçulândia, Bandeirantes do Tocantins, Carmolândia, Filadélfia, Muricilândia, Nova Olinda do Tocantins, Palmeirante, Pau d’Arco, Piraquê, Santa Fé do Araguaia, Xambioá, and Wanderlândia (all in Tocantini))
Diocese of Araguaína (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte
1966100,000.0%36903ap1967
1970120,000125,00096.0%34717,1425106ap1971
197696,500105,56191.4%45910,7226337ap1977
1980119,300134,60088.6%67139,17693612ap1981
Diocese of Miracema do Norte
Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
1990174,000203,00085.7%551017,40065516ap1991
1999123,812162,91176.0%103139,52442014ap2000
2000125,104164,61176.0%113148,93632214ap2001
2001126,586166,56076.0%123158,43932214ap2002
2002122,102162,80375.0%122148,72122814ap2003
2003135,832181,11075.0%131149,70212314ap2004
2004136,701184,73274.0%132159,11322314ap2005
2013160,000215,70074.2%168246,666182919ap2014
2016151,280221,00068.5%203236,577252619ap2017
2019155,000226,30068.5%192217,3801042722ap2020
2021157,291228,58268.8%222246,553822223ap2022
2023145,248207,49870.0%221236,3152220bul:31Jan2023

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 Miracema do Norte
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,620, and Page 1,621
  • Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 81, Page 1,380, and Page 1,381
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88, Page 681, to Page 683
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 111, Page 1,251, to Page 1,253
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