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Diocese of Barra do Garças

Dioecesis Barragartiensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 27 February 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cuiabá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mato Grosso
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 70,930 (27,396 Square Miles)
  • Description: Água Boa, Araguaiana, Araguainha, Barra do Garças, Canarana, Cocalinho, General Carneiro, Nova Nazaré. Nova Xavantina, Pontal do Araguaia, Ponte Branca, Ribeirãozinho e Torixoréu.
  • Conference Region: Oeste 2
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesebarradogarcas.org.br
  • Mailing Address: Rua Carlos Gomes 567, C.P. 337, 78600-172 Barre do Garcas, MT, Brazil
  • Telephone: (066)3401.9025

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
27 February 1982ErectedDiocese of Guiratinga (Barrado Garças, Agua Bòa, Canarana, Geral Carneiro, and Nova Xavantina) Diocese of Barra do Garças (erected)
12 February 1996Territory AddedDiocese of Guiratinga (Pontal do Araguaia)
Territorial Prelature of São Félix (Canarana)
Diocese of Barra do Garças
12 February 1996Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Garças (Cocalinho north of Manacuru dos Antigos river) Territorial Prelature of São Félix
23 December 1997Territory LostDiocese of Barra do Garças
Diocese of Rondonópolis
Diocese of Sinop
Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga (erected) (Paranatinga, Nova Brasilândia, Planalto da Serra, Campinápolis, Novo Sao Joaquim, and Gaucha do Norte)
25 June 2014Territory AddedDiocese of Guiratinga (suppressed) (Araguainha, Ponte Branca, Ribeirãozinho, and Torixoréu) Diocese of Barra do Garças

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990116,000127,00091.3%217196,1052226213ap1991
1999143,900177,00081.3%418226,5401237013ap2000
2000150,700185,22081.4%415197,9311216413ap2002
200295,958144,24366.5%214165,9979277314ap2003
200385,094121,56370.0%315184,727256314ap2004
200498,222122,77880.0%314175,777195614ap2005
2006145,549186,34978.1%415197,660176614ap2007
2012159,500204,00078.2%414188,861185214ap2013
201591,138146,85762.1%618243,797224020ap2016
201895,127154,52061.6%320234,135234119ap2019
2020100,700163,00061.8%612185,5946213926ap2021
2022102,000165,00061.8%720273,7775243730ap2023

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 74, Page 817, to Page 819
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88, Page 604, and Page 605
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 106, Page 817, and Page 818

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