Diocese of Corumbá
Corumben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Corumbá, Brazil
Diocese of Corumbá in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande. It was established in 1910 from the Diocese of Cuiabá. Bishop João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D., was appointed in November 2024 and installed in February 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1910
- Latin
- Corumben(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Candelária (Our Lady of Candelaria)
- Annuario code
- 001001222
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 103,600
- Population
- 105,300
- Catholic share
- 98.4%
- Priests
- 17
- Catholics per priest
- 6,094
- Extent
- 62,890 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.6
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- João Batista de Oliveira, S.V.D.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Candelária stands in Corumbá, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Campo Grande
A suffragan of Campo Grande.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Campo GrandeCampo Grande
- Diocese of CoximCoxim
- Diocese of DouradosDourados
- Diocese of JardimJardim
- Diocese of NaviraíNaviraí
- Diocese of Três LagoasTrês Lagoas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church territory seated in the city of Corumbá, Brazil, the Diocese of Corumbá (Latin: Dioecesis Corumbensis) is a suffragan see within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese Campo Grande.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].