Roman Catholic Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

Diocese of Leste–Paranatinga

*Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis*

Diocese de Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga
Diocese of Leste–Paranatinga; Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis; Diocese de Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Cuiabá
Metropolitan	Cuiabá
Statistics
Area	98,056 km2 (37,860 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2014); 170,000; 127,500 (75%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 June 2014 (10 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Paranatinga
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Derek John Christopher Byrne
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mílton Antônio dos Santos

The Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Latin: Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis) is a Latin suffragan Roman Catholic Diocese in the state of Mato Grosso, in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá in Brazil.

Its Cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral São Cristóvão, in Primavera do Leste. It also has a Co-Cathedral Co-Catedral São Francisco Xavier, in Paranatinga.

History

On December 23, 1997, the Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga was established on territory split off from the Diocese of Barra do Garças, Diocese of Rondonópolis and Diocese of Sinop
25 June 2014: Suppressed to become Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

Vital Chitolina, Dehonians (S.C.I.) (December 23, 1997 - December 28, 2011), later Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (2011.12.28 – ...)

Derek John Christopher Byrne, Saint Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions (S.P.S.) (June 25, 2014 - ...), previously Bishop of Guiratinga (Brazil) (2008.12.24 – 2014.06.25)

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