Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga
Orientalis Veris-Paranatinguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2014
- Latin
- Orientalis Veris-Paranatinguen(sis)
- Patron
- * san Cristóbal * san Francisco Javier
- Annuario code
- 001002667
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 127,500
- Population
- 170,000
- Catholic share
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 3,864
- Extent
- 98,056 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.3
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 Aparecido Bergamasco
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 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.
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 Cuiabá.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do GarçasBarra do Garças
- Diocese of DiamantinoDiamantino
- 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
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.
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].