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| Date | Event | From | To |
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| Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte | |||
| 11 October 1966 | Erected | Diocese of Porto Nacional (Colinas do Goiás, Itacajá, Lizarda, Miracema do Norte, Miranorte, Pedro Afonso, Piaca, Tocantinia, Tupirama, and Tupiratins) | Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte (erected) |
| 13 December 1979 | Territory Added | Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Pequizeiro and Itaporã de Goiás) | Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte |
| Diocese of Miracema do Norte | |||
| 4 August 1981 | Elevated | Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte | Diocese of Miracema do Norte |
| Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins | |||
| 4 October 1989 | Name Changed | Diocese of Miracema do Norte | Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins |
| 27 March 1996 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Aparecida do Rio Negro, Lageado, Lizarda, Rio Sono, and Reserva Xerente)
Diocese of Porto Nacional (Palmas, Sao Félix do Tocantins, Mateiros, Novo Acordo, Santa Teresa do Tocantins, and Lagoa do Tocantins) | Archdiocese of Palmas (erected) |
| 27 March 1996 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins (from Goiânia) | |
| 26 May 1998 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Part of Tocantinia) | Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão |
| 10 July 2019 | Territory Added | Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Boundaries adjusted)
Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Boundaries adjusted) | |
| 31 January 2023 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Barra do Ouro, Campos Lindos, and Goiatins (all in Tocantini))
Diocese of Tocantinópolis (Aragominas, Araguaína, Araguanã, Arapoema, Babaçulândia, Bandeirantes do Tocantins, Carmolândia, Filadélfia, Muricilândia, Nova Olinda do Tocantins, Palmeirante, Pau d’Arco, Piraquê, Santa Fé do Araguaia, Xambioá, and Wanderlândia (all in Tocantini)) | Diocese of Araguaína (erected) |
| Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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| Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | 100,000 | .0% | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ap1967 | ||||
| 1970 | 120,000 | 125,000 | 96.0% | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17,142 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ap1971 | |
| 1976 | 96,500 | 105,561 | 91.4% | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10,722 | 6 | 33 | 7 | ap1977 | |
| 1980 | 119,300 | 134,600 | 88.6% | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9,176 | 9 | 36 | 12 | ap1981 | |
| Diocese of Miracema do Norte | ||||||||||||
| Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | 174,000 | 203,000 | 85.7% | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17,400 | 6 | 55 | 16 | ap1991 | |
| 1999 | 123,812 | 162,911 | 76.0% | 10 | 3 | 13 | 9,524 | 4 | 20 | 14 | ap2000 | |
| 2000 | 125,104 | 164,611 | 76.0% | 11 | 3 | 14 | 8,936 | 3 | 22 | 14 | ap2001 | |
| 2001 | 126,586 | 166,560 | 76.0% | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8,439 | 3 | 22 | 14 | ap2002 | |
| 2002 | 122,102 | 162,803 | 75.0% | 12 | 2 | 14 | 8,721 | 2 | 28 | 14 | ap2003 | |
| 2003 | 135,832 | 181,110 | 75.0% | 13 | 1 | 14 | 9,702 | 1 | 23 | 14 | ap2004 | |
| 2004 | 136,701 | 184,732 | 74.0% | 13 | 2 | 15 | 9,113 | 2 | 23 | 14 | ap2005 | |
| 2013 | 160,000 | 215,700 | 74.2% | 16 | 8 | 24 | 6,666 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 19 | ap2014 |
| 2016 | 151,280 | 221,000 | 68.5% | 20 | 3 | 23 | 6,577 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 19 | ap2017 |
| 2019 | 155,000 | 226,300 | 68.5% | 19 | 2 | 21 | 7,380 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 22 | ap2020 |
| 2021 | 157,291 | 228,582 | 68.8% | 22 | 2 | 24 | 6,553 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 23 | ap2022 |
| 2023 | 145,248 | 207,498 | 70.0% | 22 | 1 | 23 | 6,315 | 22 | 20 | bul:31Jan2023 | ||
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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