Diocese of

Barra do Garças

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Barra do Garças / Barragartien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuiabá

Neighbouring Dioceses: Rondonópolis–Guiratinga (↙), Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (↖), São Félix (↑), Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (↗), Goiás (→), São Luís de Montes Belos (→), Jataí (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Guia

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

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 (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barra do Garças (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo Renato Fernandes Gonçalves de Campos (53)
(2023.10.18 – ...)

Bishop of Barra do Garças (Brazil)

Born:	1973.01.11 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2004.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.12.16

Priest 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. (76)
(2001.05.23 – 2023.10.18)

Bishop emeritus of Barra do Garças (Brazil)

Propter Caritatem

Born:	1949.05.06 (Palmeira das Missões, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.26

Coadjutor 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 homens

Born:	1926.02.27 (Lins, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.08.15
Died:	2008.09.29 (Campinas, SP, Brazil † 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. (76) (2000.01.26 – 2001.05.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Guia, Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (24)

Rondonópolis–Guiratinga (↙), Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (↖), São Félix (↑), Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (↗), Goiás (→), São Luís de Montes Belos (→), Jataí (↓)

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

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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