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Diocese of Cristalândia

Dioecesis Cristalandiensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 10 July 2019
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Palmas
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Goias
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 70,488 (27,225 Square Miles)
  • Description: Araguaçu, Caseara, Chapada de Areia, Cristalândia, Divinópolis, Dorilândia, Dueré, Formoso do Araguaia, Lagoa da Confusão, Marianópolis, Monte Santo do Tocantins, Nova Roslândia, Paraíso do Tocantins, Pium, Pugmil, and Sandolândia (all in Tocantini) and Bonópolis, Mutunópolis, Novo Planalto, Porangatu, and São Miguel do Araguaia (all in Goiani)
  • Conference Region: Norte 3
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesedecristalandia.org.br
  • Mailing Address: Av. Dom Jaime Antonio Schuck 2050, 77490-000 Cristalandia, TO, Brazil
  • Telephone: (063)3354-1308
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia
26 March 1956ErectedTerritorial 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)
13 May 1969Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Bananal Island)
Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia (Northern part of Barra do Garças)
Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Luciara)
Territorial Prelature of São Félix (erected)
15 January 1976Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Arapoema) Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis
27 March 1976Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Couto Magalbaes)
Territorial Prelature of Marabá (Conceiçâo do Araguaia and Santana do Araguaia)
Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (erected)
13 December 1979Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Pequizeiro and Itaporã de Goiás) Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte
27 March 1996Metropolitan ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (from Goiânia)
10 July 2019Territory AddedTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Cristalândia
10 July 2019ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia Diocese of Cristalândia (Araguaçu, Caseara, Chapada de Areia, Cristalândia, Divinópolis, Dorilândia, Dueré, Formoso do Araguaia, Lagoa da Confusão, Marianópolis, Monte Santo do Tocantins, Nova Roslândia, Paraíso do Tocantins, Pium, Pugmil, and Sandolândia (all in Tocantini) and B)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia
196678,00080,00097.5%12126,50014145ap1967
197090,000.0%51116014125ap1971
197690,10095,00094.8%112136,93018186ap1977
1980135,851150,85190.1%2101211,32012175ap1981
1990177,000195,00090.8%591412,642113517ap1991
1999206,000229,00090.0%491315,84611387ap2000
2000207,000232,00089.2%591414,7859388ap2001
2001315,000350,00090.0%8101817,50011418ap2002
2004153,600192,00080.0%1010207,680115476ap2005
2013172,400214,70080.3%165218,209172517ap2014
2016176,700221,00080.0%164208,835152017ap2017
Diocese of Cristalândia
2019141,525249,92056.6%213245,896152518ap2020
2021156,000258,87060.3%213246,50042218ap2022

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 Cristalândia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 191, to Page 193
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88, Page 681, to Page 683
  • Diocese of Cristalândia
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 111, Page 1,251, to Page 1,253

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