Diocese of Barra do Garças, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1982.02.27: Established as Diocese of Barra do Garças / Barragartien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Guiratinga and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
- 1997.12.23: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga
- 2014.06.25: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Guiratinga
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2023.10.18 – ...): |  Bishop Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos (51) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Barra do Garças (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos (51) (2023.10.18 – ...)Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil)Deus é amorBorn:1973.01.11 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)Ordained Priest:2004.03.20Consecrated Bishop:2023.12.16Priest of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (2004.03.20 – 2023.10.18)Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil) (2023.10.18 – ...) |
 Bishop Protógenes José Luft, S.C. (75) (2001.05.23 – 2023.10.18)Bishop emeritus of Barra do Garças (Brazil)Propter CaritatemBorn:1949.05.06 (Palmeira das Missões, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1975.12.07Consecrated Bishop:2000.03.26Coadjutor Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil) (2000.01.26 – 2001.05.23)Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil) (2001.05.23 – 2023.10.18) |
| Bishop Antônio Sarto, S.D.B. (1982.03.25 – 2001.05.23)Escolhido dentre os homens, para os homensBorn:1926.02.27 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1951.06.01Consecrated Bishop:1971.08.15Died:2008.09.29 (†82)Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania (1971.05.18 – 1978.05.26)Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1971.05.18 – 1979.10.16)Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1982.03.25)Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil) (1982.03.25 – 2001.05.23) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Protógenes José Luft, S.C. (75) (2000.01.26 – 2001.05.23)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 70,930 km²
Population: 103,000 Catholics (62.0% of 166,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes
Personnel: 29 priests (9 diocesan, 20 religious), 8 deacons, 61 religious (24 brothers, 37 sisters), 3 seminarians