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Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Brazil 🇧🇷

Celebrations

History

1745.12.06: Established as Territorial Prelature of Cuiabá / Cuiaben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1826.07.15: Promoted as Diocese of Cuiabá / Cuiaben(sis) (Latin)
1892.04.27: Became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
1910.03.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá / Cuiaben(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Corumbá and lost territory to establish Diocese of Corumbá)
1910.04.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres and gained suffragan see São Luiz de Cáceres
1914.05.12: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia and gained suffragan see Registro do Araguaia
1929.03.22: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Diamantino and gained suffragan see Diamantino
1940.07.13: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chapada and gained suffragan see Chapada
1957.06.15: Gained suffragan sees Campo Grande and Dourados
1969.05.13: Gained suffragan see São Félix
1978.01.03: Gained suffragan sees Três Lagoas and Coxim
1978.11.27: Lost suffragan sees Campo Grande, Corumbá, Dourados, Três Lagoas and Coxim
1982.02.06: Gained suffragan see Sinop
1982.02.27: Gained suffragan see Barra do Garças
1997.12.23: Gained suffragan sees Juína and Paranatinga
2014.06.25: Lost territory to Diocese of Rondonópolis–Guiratinga and lost suffragan see Guiratinga

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.10)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cuiabá (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva (58)
(2022.02.23 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Testemunhar e servir

Archbishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. (78)
(2004.06.09 – 2022.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Deus é amor e misericórdia

Born:	1946.09.23 (Campos do Jordão, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.08.20

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (2000.05.31 – 2003.06.04)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2003.06.04 – 2004.06.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2004.06.09 – 2022.02.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Juína (Brazil) (2007.08 – 2008.11.12)

Archbishop Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B.
(1981.08.15 – 2004.06.09)

Bonum facere parvulis

Born:	1929.05.13 (Luiz Alves, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.31
Died:	2020.11.28 (Cuiabá, MT, Brazil † 91)

Titular Archbishop of Turres in Byzacena (1975.06.27 – 1981.08.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1975.06.27 – 1981.08.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1981.08.15 – 2004.06.09)

Archbishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B.
(1956.12.18 – 1981.08.15)

Born:	1900.02.17 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1927.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.27
Died:	1981.08.15 († 81)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1948.02.29 – 1956.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1956.12.18 – 1981.08.15)

Archbishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B.
(1921.08.26 – 1956.03.22)

Sanctifica in veritate

Born:	1885.04.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1909.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.01.01
Died:	1956.03.22 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Prusias (1914.04.02 – 1921.08.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1921.08.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1921.08.26 – 1956.03.22)

Archbishop Carlos Luiz d’Amour
(1910.03.10 – 1921.07.09)

Born:	1836.06.03 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1860.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.04.28
Died:	1921.07.09 († 85)

Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1877.09.21 – 1910.03.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1910.03.10 – 1921.07.09)

Bishops of Cuiabá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Luiz d’Amour (later Archbishop)
(1877.09.21 – 1910.03.10)

(see above)

Bishop José Antônio dos Reis
(1832.07.02 – 1876.10.11)

Born:	1798.06.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1821.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1832.12.08
Died:	1876.10.11 († 78)

Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1832.07.02 – 1876.10.11)

Bishop José Maria Macerata, O.F.M. Cap.
(1826.07.15 – 1831)

Born:	1779.08.22 (Italy)
Died:	1845 († 66)

Bishop-Prelate of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1823.08.23 – 1826.07.15)

Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1826.07.15 – 1831)

Prelates of Cuiabá (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Maria Macerata, O.F.M. Cap.
(1823.08.23 – 1826.07.15)

(see above)

Bishop Luiz de Castro Pereira, C.S.I.
(1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01)

Born:	1768.01.18 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1793.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1805.07.14
Died:	1822.08.01 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Ptolemais (1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01 not possessed)

Bishop-Prelate of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1821.04.21 – 1822.08.01)

Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil
(1782.01.23 – 1788.03.07)

Born:	(Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1763.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1783.12.14
Died:	1807?

Bishop-Prelate of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1782.01.23 – 1788.03.07)

Titular Bishop of Zoora (1783.07.18 – 1807?)

Bishop-Prelate of Goiás (Brazil) (1788.03.07 – 1793?)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. (78) (2003.06.04 – 2004.06.09)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B. (1975.06.27 – 1981.08.15)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Cyrillo de Paula Freitas (1905.03.27 – 1911.03.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. (1950.06.15 – 1956.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1914.04.02 – 1921.08.26)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 24,542 km²

Population: 872,000 Catholics (80.5% of 1,083,354 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 560 missions

Personnel: 113 priests (57 diocesan, 56 religious), 208 religious (68 brothers, 140 sisters), 23 seminarians