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Roman Catholic Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga (Latin: Dioecesis Rondonopolitanus--Guiratingensis) is a diocese located in the city of Rondonópolis in the ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá in Brazil.

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History

  • July 13, 1940: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chapada from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá
  • November 25, 1961: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Rondonópolis
  • February 15, 1986: Promoted as Diocese of Rondonópolis
  • June 25, 2014: Renamed as Diocese of Diocese of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Bishops of Rondonópolis (Roman rite)
  • Prelates of Rondonópolis (Roman Rite)
    • Bishop Osório Willibaldo Stoffel, O.F.M. (1970.11.27 – 1986.02.15)
    • Bishop Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. (1961.11.25 – 1970)
  • Prelates of Chapada (Roman Rite)
    • Bishop Vunibaldo Godchard Talleur, O.F.M. (1947.12.20 – 1961.11.25)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Giovane Pereira de Melo, appointed Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocantins in 2009

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