Diocese of Diamantino
Adamanteae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Diamantino, Brazil
The Diocese of Diamantino is a Latin Church see in Mato Grosso, Brazil, originating as a territorial prelature in 1929 and promoted to a diocese in 1979. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cuiabá and led by Bishop Vital Chitolina.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 March 1929
- Latin
- Adamanteae
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001297
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 188,434
- Population
- 269,192
- Catholic share
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 4,382
- Extent
- 105,406 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Diamantino, 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 Cuiabá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cuiabá.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do GarçasBarra do Garças
- Diocese of Primavera do Leste–ParanatingaPrimavera do Leste–Paranatinga
- Diocese of Rondonópolis–GuiratingaRondonópolis–Guiratinga
- Diocese of SinopSinop
- Diocese of São Luiz de CáceresSão Luiz de Cáceres
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Diamantino, a city within the ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá in Brazil, gives its name to this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Adamanteae.
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].