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Suffragan diocese São Luiz de Cáceres, Brazil

Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres

Sancti Aloisii de Caceres

Latin Church

Latin Catholic diocese in Mato Grosso, western Brazil, erected in 1910 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cuiabá. Its cathedral in Cáceres is dedicated to Saint Louis IX of France.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral São Luiz de França, in São Luiz de Cáceres, Brazil.

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Established
1910
Catholics
351,000
Priests
43
Territory
100,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jacy Diniz Rocha
Born
29 September 1958
Birthplace
São João Evangelista

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The cathedral

Catedral São Luiz de França stands in São Luiz de Cáceres, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In the state of Mato Grosso, in western central Brazil, the Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Caceres) serves as a suffragan Latin diocese within the province of the Metropolitan Cuiabá. Its episcopal seat is the Catedral São Luiz de França in the city of Cáceres, dedicated to Saint King Louis IX of France.

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