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Diocese of Corumbá

Dioecesis Corumbensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Vacant
  • Francesco Biasin, Apostolic Administrator

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 March 1910
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Campo Grande
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 65,062 (25,130 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Oeste 1
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Major Gama 1332, C.P. 12, 79332-040 Corumba, MS, Brazil
  • Telephone: (067)3231-4416

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 March 1910ErectedDiocese of Cuiabá Diocese of Corumbá (erected)
12 May 1914Territory LostDiocese of Corumbá
Archdiocese of Cuiabá
Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia (erected) (Matto Grosso)
13 July 1940Territory LostDiocese of Corumbá
Archdiocese of Cuiabá
Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia
Territorial Prelature of Chapada (erected)
2 February 1956Territory LostDiocese of Corumbá (Islands of Ariranhas, Tibiricá, do Bio Verde, Carolina, Manuel Hörnern, Dr. Carlos Botelho, and Bandeirantes) Diocese of Marília
15 June 1957Territory LostDiocese of Corumbá (Campo Grande, Agua Clara, Aparecida do Taboado, Cassilândia, Corguinho, Jaraguari, Paranaíba, Ribas do Rio Pardo, Rio Verde do Mato Grosso, Rochedo, Sidrolândia, Terenos, Tres Lagoas, and the southern parts of Coxim and Camapüa)
Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia (Northern parts of Coxim and Camapüa)
Diocese of Campo Grande (erected)
15 June 1957Territory LostDiocese of Corumbá (Dourados, Amambai, Bataguaçu, Itaporâ, Maracajú, Ponta Porâ, and Rio Brilhante) Diocese of Dourados (erected)
15 June 1957Territory AddedTerritorial Prelature of Chapada (Northern part of Corumbá) Diocese of Corumbá
27 November 1978Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Corumbá (from Cuiabá)
30 January 1981Territory LostDiocese of Corumbá (Jardim, Anastacio, Aquidauna, Bela Vista, Bonito, Caracol, Guia Loper da Laguna, Miranda, Nioaque, and Porto Murtinho) Diocese of Jardim (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950400,000420,00095.2%83834,81911811921ap1951
1966220,000228,00096.5%323268,461266614ap1967
1970250,000.0%220220246912ap1971
1976250,000270,00092.6%4182211,363245014ap1977
1980269,000301,00089.4%526318,677305713ap1981
199090,000120,00075.0%29118,18110255ap1991
199976,415101,88775.0%47116,9468165ap2000
200076,622102,16375.0%39126,38510165ap2001
200185,000100,30084.7%19108,50011125ap2002
200285,000102,68082.8%68146,071110146ap2003
200385,000102,68082.8%68146,07110135ap2004
200485,000102,68082.8%310136,53812115ap2005
200687,100105,30082.7%48127,258213135ap2007
201395,500115,50082.7%511165,968214107ap2014
201697,900118,40082.7%67137,5302879ap2017
2019100,260121,26082.7%88166,26632278ap2020
2021101,800123,18582.6%107175,9883788ap2022

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 2, Page 289, and Page 290
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 746, and Page 747
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 6, to Page 8

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