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Suffragan diocese Coxim, Brazil

Diocese of Coxim

Coxinen(sis)

The Diocese of Coxim is a Latin Church diocese in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1978 and promoted to a diocese in 2002. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campo Grande, with its see at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Coxim.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Sao Jose, in Coxim, Brazil.

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Established
1978
Catholics
110,000
Priests
24
Territory
45,000 km²

Parishes and churches

13 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Otair Nicoletti
Born
6 April 1962
Birthplace
Fernandópolis

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The cathedral

Catedral Sao Jose stands in Coxim, 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.

History

In Mato Grosso do Sul state, in southwestern inland Brazil, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Coxim (Latin: Dioecesis Coxinensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande. Its cathedral, the Catedral São José in the city of Coxim, is dedicated to Saint Joseph.