Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos

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Bishop(s) Lindomar Rocha Mota, Bishop Carmelo Scampa, Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Elevated: 4 August 1981 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Goiânia Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops Rite: Latin (or Roman) State: Goias Country: Brazil Square Kilometers: 42,671 (16,481 Square Miles) Conference Region: Centro-Oeste Official Web Site: http://www.diocesesaoluis.com.br/ Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Cidade de Goias, 500, 76100-000 Sao Luis de Montes Belos, GO, Brazil Telephone: (064)3671-1690

Historical Details

• Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos
  • Latin Name: Sancti Ludovici de Montes Belos
  • Erected: 25 November 1961
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Goiânia
  • State: Goias
  • Country: Brazil

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. † (26 Nov 1962 Appointed - 10 Feb 1987 Retired)
• Washington Cruz, C.P. (10 Feb 1987 Appointed - 8 May 2002 Appointed, Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias)
• Carmelo Scampa (30 Oct 2002 Appointed - 22 Jan 2020 Retired)
• Lindomar Rocha Mota (22 Jan 2020 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos
25 November 1961	Erected	Archdiocese of Goiânia (Cities of Anicuns, Nazário, and Turvânia) Diocese of Goiás (Cities of Sâo Luis de Montes Belos, Amerinópolis, Aurilândia, Cachoeira de Goias, Diorama, Firminópolis, Iporá, Israelândia, Ivolândia, Jaupací, and Maiporá) Diocese of Jataí (Cities of Aragarças, Baliza, Born Jardim de Goiás, Piranhas, and parts of Caiapônia)	Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos (erected)
11 October 1966	Territory Added	Diocese of Goiás (Jandaia, Palmeira de Goiás, Palminópolis, and Paraúna)	Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos
11 October 1966	Territory Added		Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos
Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos
4 August 1981	Elevated	Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos	Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos
8 December 1986	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Goiânia (Côrrego do Ouro and Fartura (in Sanclerlândia))	Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos
15 May 1990	Name Changed		Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos (Latin changed from Sancti Ludovici de Montes Belos)
21 April 2007	Territory Added	Diocese of Goiás (São Sebastião in Adelândia)	Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos
1966	170,000	232,414	73.1%	2	16	18	9,444			8	6	ap1967
1968	185,544	202,559	91.6%	2	19	21	8,835		19	17	11	ap1971
1976	264,000	305,000	86.6%	3	11	14	18,857	1	12	23	14	ap1977
1980	262,000	315,000	83.2%	7	14	21	12,476		14	31	18	ap1981
Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos
1990	312,000	398,000	78.4%	8	18	26	12,000	3	18	49	20	ap1991
1999	223,000	294,000	75.9%	9	11	20	11,150	2	11	66	37	ap2000
2000	239,940	299,925	80.0%	12	11	23	10,432	2	11	58	37	ap2001
2001	199,434	265,913	75.0%	7	10	17	11,731	4	10	58	37	ap2002
2002	219,000	293,016	74.7%	12	9	21	10,428	6	10	55	37	ap2003
2003	191,746	286,198	67.0%	12	11	23	8,336	4	12	55	37	ap2004
2004	207,283	294,008	70.5%	8	10	18	11,515	6	11	53	37	ap2005
2010	207,000	308,000	67.2%	18	10	28	7,392	8	15	31	37	ap2011
2014	214,700	320,000	67.1%	23	8	31	6,925	7	10	24	37	ap2015
2017	297,550	347,970	85.5%	21	9	30	9,918	16	9	23	52	ap2018
2020	304,490	356,000	85.5%	31	10	41	7,426	15	10	19	63	ap2021
2022	295,000	345,000	85.5%	31	8	39	7,564	14	16	19	41	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Washington Cruz, C.P. (Bishop: 10 Feb 1987 to 8 May 2002)
• Lindomar Rocha Mota (Bishop: 22 Jan 2020 - )
• Carmelo Scampa (Bishop: 30 Oct 2002 to 22 Jan 2020)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1980 to 12 Oct 1985)
• Estanislau Arnoldo Van Melis, C.P. † (Prelate: 26 Nov 1962; Bishop: 17 Sep 1981 to 10 Feb 1987)

Source(s)

Territorial Prelature of São Luís de Montes Belos Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 760, to Page 762 Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 59, Page 323, to Page 326 Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 345, and Page 346 Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 82, Page 1,589, and Page 1,590 Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 99, Page 641, and Page 642

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