Diocese of Coxim, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1978.01.03: Established as Territorial Prelature of Coxim / Coxinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Campo Grande and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
- 1978.11.27: Became suffragan of Campo Grande
- 2002.11.13: Promoted as Diocese of Coxim / Coxinen(sis) (Latin)
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2022.10.19 – ...): |  Bishop Otair Nicoletti (62) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Coxim (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Otair Nicoletti (62) (2022.10.19 – ...)Bishop of Coxim (Brazil)Avance para águas mais profundasBorn:1962.04.06 (Fernandópolis, SP, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1994.06.18Consecrated Bishop:2022.12.10Priest of Dourados (Brazil) (1994.06.18 – 2022.10.19)Bishop of Coxim (Brazil) (2022.10.19 – ...) |
 Bishop Antonino Migliore (78) (2002.11.13 – 2022.10.19)Bishop emeritus of Coxim (Brazil)Euntes in mundum universumBorn:1946.06.07 (Serradifalco, Italy)Ordained Priest:1969.06.29Consecrated Bishop:2000.06.23Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy) (1969.06.29 – 2000.05.10)Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil) (2000.05.10 – 2002.11.13)Bishop of Coxim (Brazil) (2002.11.13 – 2022.10.19) |
| Prelates of Coxim (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Antonino Migliore (78) (2000.05.10 – 2002.11.13)(see above) |
| Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. (1992.01.18 – 1999.03.17)Omnes Fratres EstisBorn:1929.06.11 (Flores da Cunha, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1955.02.13Consecrated Bishop:1980.03.02Died:2021.08.13 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil †92)Coadjutor Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1979.11.30 – 1981.09.17)Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1981.09.17 – 1992.01.18)Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil) (1992.01.18 – 1999.03.17)Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (1999.03.17 – 2003.04.09) |
| Bishop Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. (1986.05.16 – 1991.07.17)Dare vitam fratribus |
| Bishop Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop) (1978.01.03 – 1985.01.05)Evangelizare misit meBorn:1931.03.23 (Veranópolis, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1955.03.27Consecrated Bishop:1978.04.09Died:2017.04.04 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil †86)Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1985.01.05)Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22)Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1991.05.22 – 2001.11.28) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 51,000 km²
Population: 115,700 Catholics (71.9% of 161,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes
Personnel: 24 priests (22 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 18 religious (2 brothers, 16 sisters), 8 seminarians