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Diocese of Sinop

Dioecesis Sinopensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Canísio Klaus, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6 February 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cuiabá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mato Grosso
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 191,031 (73,785 Square Miles)
  • Description: Sinop, Alta Floresta, Colider, Paranatinga, Porto dos Gauchos, and Vera
  • Conference Region: Oeste 2
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedesinop.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Av. das Itaubas 1655, Jardim Paraiso, 78556-140 Sinop, MT, Brazil
  • Telephone: (066)3531-3105
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6 February 1982ErectedDiocese of Diamantino (Sinop, Alta Floresta, Colider, Paranatinga, Porto dos Gauchos, and Vera) Diocese of Sinop (erected)
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)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990516,000636,00081.1%11283913,230325859ap1991
1999480,000515,00093.2%18234111,707255624ap2000
2000480,000515,00093.2%12243613,333255325ap2001
2001450,000506,00088.9%11233413,235245227ap2002
2002450,000505,00089.1%12233512,857235327ap2003
2003390,000480,00081.3%12263810,263285227ap2004
2004473,000530,00089.2%19264510,511345027ap2005
2010509,000620,00082.1%2526519,9802374934ap2011
2014534,000650,00082.2%24285210,2692323733ap2015
2017547,700666,70082.2%25285310,3332362533ap2018
2020560,600682,30082.2%3426609,3436282734ap2021

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 760, and Page 761

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