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Diocese of Dourados

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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 15 June 1957
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Campo Grande
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 38,127 (14,726 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Oeste 1
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Duque de Caxias 1284, Jardim Paulista, 79830-120 Dourados, MS, Brazil
  • Telephone: (067)3422.6910

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
15 June 1957ErectedDiocese of Corumbá (Dourados, Amambai, Bataguaçu, Itaporâ, Maracajú, Ponta Porâ, and Rio Brilhante) Diocese of Dourados (erected)
27 November 1978Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Dourados (from Cuiabá)
1 June 2011Territory LostDiocese of Dourados (Naviraí, Anaurilândia, Angélica, Bataguassu, Batayporã, Eldorado, Iguatemi, Itaquiraí, Ivinhema, Japorã, Jateí, Juti, Mundo Novo, Nova Andradina, Novo Horizonte do Sul, Paranhos, Sete Quedas, Tacuru, and Taguarussu) Diocese of Naviraí (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966300,000350,00085.7%2262810,714264914ap1967
1970300,000350,00085.7%2283010,000393714ap1971
1976450,000500,00090.0%3384110,975575222ap1977
1980500,000556,00089.9%549549,259805726ap1981
1990600,000684,00087.7%560659,230868234ap1991
1999534,600660,00081.0%1768856,289758038ap2000
2000550,000700,00078.6%1467816,790675838ap2001
2001550,000700,00078.6%1457717,7467649038ap2002
2002550,000700,00078.6%1064747,4329789038ap2003
2003560,000700,00080.0%1157688,2359739838ap2004
2004560,000700,00080.0%1761787,179107110240ap2005
2006574,000717,00080.1%2065856,75216834045ap2007
2010603,000753,28280.0%2764916,626189111148ap2011
2011353,000485,92772.6%1848665,34866130bul:1jun2011
2013375,000535,00070.1%1940596,35511649031ap2014
2016392,202581,54267.4%2542675,85321659037ap2017
2019408,760606,00867.5%2645715,75726768637ap2020
2021398,360625,33063.7%2543685,85825719237ap2022

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 50, Page 57, to Page 60
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 6, to Page 8

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