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Diocese of Guajará-Mirim

Dioecesis Guaiaramirensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Benedito Araújo, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 16 October 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Porto Velho
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rondonia
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 91,282 (35,257 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Noroeste
  • Official Web Site: https://dioceseguajaramirim.org.br
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Av. Costa Marques 561, 76850-000 Guajara-Mirim, RO, Brasil
  • Telephone: (069)3541-2275
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim
1 March 1929ErectedTerritorial Prelature of Porto Velho
Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres
Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim (erected) (Guaporé and Mamoré in Matto Grosso)
3 January 1978Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim (Area bounded by the rivers Juruena, Cabaxi, Guaporé, and Galera)
Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho (Vila Rondônia, Cacoal (formerly called New Caledonia), Iarú, Ouro Preto, Pimenta Bueno, and Vilhena)
Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia (erected)
Diocese of Guajará-Mirim
16 October 1979ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim Diocese of Guajará-Mirim
15 April 1982Territory AddedDiocese of Guajará-Mirim (Guajará-Mirim, Costa Marques, and Colorado do Oeste)
4 October 1982Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Guajará-Mirim (from Cuiabá)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim
195010,00015,00066.7%661,666674ap1951
196625,20030,00084.0%5273,6004103ap1967
196830,200.0%42604113ap1971
197632,00040,00080.0%4265,33310143ap1977
Diocese of Guajará-Mirim
198065,60082,40079.6%51610,9332115ap1981
1990170,000186,00091.4%2131511,333153318ap1991
1999169,000243,00069.5%812208,450144511ap2000
2000188,000246,00076.4%1012228,545144111ap2001
2001179,350211,00085.0%1010208,967124411ap2002
2002119,250170,25070.0%109196,276114711ap2003
2003125,579167,43875.0%99186,976115011ap2004
2004135,666203,50066.7%89177,980105411ap2005
2006130,200218,50059.6%59149,300103714ap2007
2013145,500242,00060.1%206265,596475912ap2014
2016113,580199,18057.0%135186,3101153613ap2017
2019116,540203,44057.3%193225,29711143313ap2020
2021118,400206,60057.3%911011,8401122713ap2022

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 Guajará-Mirim
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 444, to Page 446
  • Diocese of Guajará-Mirim
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,504, and Page 1,505
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 72, Page 793, and Page 794
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 74, Page 725, and Page 726
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 9, and Page 10

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