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São Luíz de Cáceres (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 5 April 1910
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cuiabá
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: Mato Grosso
Country: Brazil
Square Kilometers: 135,969 (52,518 Square Miles)
Conference Region: Oeste 2
Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Antonio Maria 69, 78210-040 Caceres, MT, Brazil
Telephone: (065)3223-1788; 3223-1859

Past and Present Ordinaries

Modesto Augusto Vieira † (12 May 1911 Appointed - 12 Jan 1914 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais)
Pierre Louis Marie Galibert, T.O.R. † (15 Mar 1915 Appointed - 27 Apr 1954 Retired)
Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. † (3 Nov 1967 Appointed - 24 Jul 1991 Resigned)
Paulo Antônio de Conto (24 Jul 1991 Appointed - 27 May 1998 Appointed, Bishop of Criciúma, Santa Catarina)
José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. (11 Nov 1998 Appointed - 23 Jul 2008 Retired)
Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. (23 Jul 2008 Appointed - 28 Sep 2016 Appointed, Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo)
Jacy Diniz Rocha (10 May 2017 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
5 April 1910	Erected	Archdiocese of Cuiabá	Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (erected)
1 May 1925	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas (Eumaytà and Porto Velho) Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (San Antonio de Madeira)	Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho (erected)
1 March 1929	Territory Lost	Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres	Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim (erected) (Guaporé and Mamoré in Matto Grosso)
22 June 1940	Territory Added		Archdiocese of Cuiabá (Boundaries adjusted) Territorial Prelature of Diamantino (Boundaries adjusted) Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres (Boundaries adjusted)
24 May 2003	Territory Added	Diocese of Ji-Paraná (Nossa Senhora da Guia)	Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	42,000	47,300	88.8%	1	7	8	5,250		7	15	4	ap1951
1966	100,000	105,000	95.2%	1	7	8	12,500		11	33	4	ap1967
1970	125,000	130,000	96.2%	1	8	9	13,888		14	33	4	ap1971
1976	176,000	195,000	90.3%	6	7	13	13,538		12	52	9	ap1977
1980	176,000	198,000	88.9%	9	6	15	11,733		12	79	9	ap1981
1990	233,000	254,000	91.7%	20	5	25	9,320		10	92	16	ap1991
1999	314,000	400,000	78.5%	19	9	28	11,214		16	50	18	ap2000
2000	318,000	415,000	76.6%	19	8	27	11,777		15	47	18	ap2001
2001	318,000	415,000	76.6%	17	10	27	11,777		18	47	18	ap2002
2002	316,000	400,000	79.0%	20	10	30	10,533		18	47	18	ap2003
2003	317,000	400,000	79.3%	18	9	27	11,740	1	17	47	18	ap2004
2004	318,000	400,000	79.5%	19	10	29	10,965		16	47	19	ap2005
2010	334,000	428,000	78.0%	27	12	39	8,564		18	50	21	ap2011
2014	351,000	449,000	78.2%	25	17	42	8,357	1	23	52	23	ap2015
2017	359,980	460,950	78.1%	23	21	44	8,181	2	27	37	25	ap2018
2020	295,111	417,827	70.6%	29	14	43	6,863	2	21	30	25	ap2021
2022	299,000	422,634	70.7%	31	15	46	6,500	2	18	28	26	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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