Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará-Mirim

{{Short description|Catholic ecclesiastical territory}}

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|jurisdiction = Diocese

|name = Guajará-Mirim

|latin = Dioecesis Guaiaramirensis

|image =

|caption =

|country = {{flag|Brazil}}

|province = Porto Velho

|rite = Latin Rite

|established = 1 March 1929 ({{age|1929|3|1}} years ago)

|cathedral = Catedral Nossa Senhora do Seringueiro

|cocathedral =

|area_km2 = 89,700

|population = 218,500

|population_as_of = 2006

|catholics = 130,200

|catholics_percent= 59.6

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|metro_archbishop = Roque Paloschi

|bishop = Benedito Araújo

|coadjutor =

|auxiliary_bishops=

|emeritus_bishops =

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|website = [http://www.dgm.org.br/ www.dgm.org.br]

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará-Mirim ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Guaiaramirensis}}) is a diocese located in the city of Guajará-Mirim in the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.

History

  • 1 March 1929: Established as Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim from Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres
  • 16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Guajará-Mirim

Bishops

=Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order=

=Coadjutor bishops=

=Auxiliary bishop=

References

  • [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/guaj0.htm GCatholic.org]
  • [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgumi.html Catholic Hierarchy]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20031208182800/http://www.dgm.org.br/ Diocese website (Portuguese)]

{{coord missing|Rondônia}}

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{{R-C provinces in Brazil}}

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Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil

Category:Christian organizations established in 1929

Guajará-Mirim, Roman Catholic Diocese of

Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

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