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Archdiocese of Cuiabá

Archidioecesis Cuiabensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 10 March 1910
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mato Grosso
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 24,542 (9,479 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Oeste 2
  • Official Web Site: https://www.arquidiocesecuiaba.org.br
  • Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Praca do Seminario 489, Bairro Dom Aquino, 78015-325 Cuiaba, Brazil
  • Telephone: (065)3321-3631
  • Fax: 3322-8893

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Cuiabá
6 December 1745ErectedDiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Territorial Prelature of Cuiabá (erected)
Territorial Prelature of Goiás (erected)
Diocese of Mariana (erected)
Diocese of São Paulo (erected)
Diocese of Cuiabá
15 July 1826ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Cuiabá Diocese of Cuiabá
27 April 1892Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Cuiabá (from São Salvador da Bahia)
10 March 1910Territory LostDiocese of Cuiabá Diocese of Corumbá (erected)
Archdiocese of Cuiabá
10 March 1910ElevatedDiocese of Cuiabá Archdiocese of Cuiabá
5 April 1910Territory LostArchdiocese of Cuiabá Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (erected)
12 May 1914Territory LostArchdiocese of Cuiabá Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia (erected)
22 March 1929Territory LostArchdiocese of Cuiabá Territorial Prelature of Diamantino (erected)
22 June 1940Territory AddedArchdiocese of Cuiabá (Boundaries adjusted)
Territorial Prelature of Diamantino (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (Boundaries adjusted)
13 July 1940Territory LostDiocese of Corumbá
Archdiocese of Cuiabá
Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia
Territorial Prelature of Chapada (erected)
25 June 2014Territory AddedDiocese of Guiratinga (suppressed) (Parts of Bardão do Melgaço, Cuiabá, and Santo Antônio do Leverger) Archdiocese of Cuiabá

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Cuiabá
194984,50085,00099.4%23233,673153511ap1951
1966148,000160,00092.5%326295,103488512ap1967
1970185,000200,00092.5%226286,6073511212ap1971
1976210,000220,00095.5%629356,0003412216ap1977
1980114,000126,00090.5%531363,1663811517ap1981
1990385,000434,00088.7%736438,9534613121ap1991
1999800,000900,00088.9%13385115,6865713622ap2000
2000800,000920,00087.0%18395714,0355613523ap2001
2001680,000766,72788.7%21416210,9675613523ap2002
2002700,000800,00087.5%22396111,4757312022ap2003
2003700,000796,57287.9%24406410,9376912622ap2004
2004700,000809,63186.5%26386410,9376312122ap2005
2006724,166851,96185.0%3241739,9205711023ap2007
2013796,000936,00085.0%3756938,5597813927ap2014
2016816,000928,00087.9%3350839,8316314027ap2017
2019832,230943,46088.2%43621057,9267414028ap2020
2021860,170976,98688.0%55621177,3517414028ap2022

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 Cuiabá
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 134
  • Archdiocese of Cuiabá
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 32, Page 436, and Page 437
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 106, Page 817, and Page 818
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