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Diocese of Porto Nacional

Dioecesis Portus Nationalis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 20 December 1915
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Palmas
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Tocatins
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 97,877 (37,804 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte 3
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Dr. Francisco Aries 306, 77500-000 Porto Nacional, TO, Brazil
  • Telephone: (063)3363-1392

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
20 December 1915ErectedDiocese of Goiás Diocese of Porto Nacional (erected)
4 July 1924Territory LostDiocese of Porto Nacional Territorial Prelature of Bananal (erected)
13 May 1939Territory LostArchdiocese of Goiás (Our Lady of Conception de Barra, Our Lady of Pilar de Ouro Fino, San José de Massamedes, and S. Rita)
Diocese of Porto Nacional (Territory next to the river Araguaya)
Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins (Crixas (with Chapel of S. Joseph de Araguaya))
Territorial Prelature of Bananal
20 December 1954Territory LostDiocese of Porto Nacional (Tocantinopolis, Itaguatins, Araguatins, Filadelfia, and Babaçulandia) Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis (erected)
26 March 1956Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Bananal (suppressed) (Christalândia and part of Pium and part of Peixe)
Diocese of Porto Nacional (Araguacema and part of Pium)
Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins (suppressed)
Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia (erected)
26 March 1956Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Porto Nacional (from Goiás)
11 October 1966Territory LostDiocese 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)
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 Porto Nacional (from Goiânia)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949250,000260,00096.2%8831,2501315ap1951
1966162,807198,00082.2%17179,5764399ap1967
1970150,000160,73193.3%131311,53810ap1971
1976190,000200,00095.0%1511611,87513513ap1977
1980226,000246,00091.9%1621812,55524219ap1981
1990290,000315,00092.1%1711816,11114715ap1991
1999274,000323,00084.8%2012113,04714320ap2000
2000271,000319,86184.7%2012112,90414320ap2001
2001271,000319,86184.7%2222411,29124625ap2002
2002276,000324,00085.2%2122312,00024625ap2003
2003276,000324,00085.2%263299,51735126ap2004
2004276,000319,86186.3%263299,51735126ap2005
2013307,000356,08186.2%422446,9771143635ap2014
2016314,500364,90086.2%502526,048933638ap2017
2019328,460382,63385.8%572595,567723941ap2020
2021265,882382,63369.5%552574,664823841ap2022

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 49, Page 184, to Page 187
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 323, to Page 326
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88, Page 681, to Page 683

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