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Suffragan diocese São Luís de Montes Belos, Brazil

Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos

Sancti Aloisii de Montes Belos

Latin Church

Latin Catholic diocese in Goiás, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1961 and raised to a diocese in 1981. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Goiânia, with its cathedral dedicated to Saint Aloysius Gonzaga.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral São Luís Gonzaga, in São Luís de Montes Belos, Brazil.

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Established
1961
Catholics
207,283
Priests
39
Territory
42,671 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Lindomar Rocha Mota

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The cathedral

Catedral São Luís Gonzaga stands in São Luís de Montes Belos, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Centred on the city of São Luís de Montes Belos, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Montes Belos) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Goiânia in Brazil.

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