Roman Catholic Diocese of Tocantinópolis
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Tocantinópolis Dioecesis Tocantinopolitanus | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan | Palmas |
Statistics | |
Area | 42,500 km2 (16,400 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 404,600 315,000 (77.9%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 20 December 1954 (69 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Consolação |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Giovane Pereira de Melo |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Pedro Brito Guimarães |
Map | |
Website | |
diocesedetocantinopolis.org.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tocantinópolis (Latin: Dioecesis Tocantinopolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Tocantinópolis in the ecclesiastical province of Palmas in Brazil.
History
- 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis from the Diocese of Porto Nacional
- 30 October 1980: Promoted as Diocese of Tocantinópolis
- 31 January 2023: Lost territories to establish the Diocese of Araguaína
Bishops
- Prelates of Tocantinópolis (Roman Rite)
- Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. † (12 April 1962 - 30 October 1980) became bishop of the diocese
- Bishops of Tocantinópolis (Roman rite)
- Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. (30 October 1980 - 12 August 1981) Died
- Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. (9 November 1981 - 22 December 1999) Appointed, Bishop of Jataí
- Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro (17 January 2001 - 31 October 2007) Appointed, Bishop of Oliveira
- Giovane Pereira de Melo (4 March 2009 – present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Wellington de Queiroz Vieira, appointed Prelate of Cristalândia, Goias in 2017
References
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website (Portuguese)
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