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Suffragan diocese Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga, Brazil

Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

Orientalis Veris-Paranatinguen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga is a Latin Church see in Mato Grosso, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1997 and erected as a diocese in 2014, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cuiaba. It has been led by Bishop Joao Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C., since his appointment in October 2023.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral São Cristóvão, in Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga, Brazil.

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Established
2014
Catholics
127,500
Priests
33
Territory
98,056 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
João Aparecido Bergamasco

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The cathedral

Catedral São Cristóvão stands in Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier.

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History

In the state of Mato Grosso, this Latin suffragan diocese (Latin: Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá in Brazil. Its cathedral see is the Catedral São Cristóvão in Primavera do Leste, and it maintains a co-cathedral as well, the Co-Catedral São Francisco Xavier in Paranatinga.