Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Campo Grande / Campi Grandis (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Corumbá, Coxim, Dourados, Jardim, Naviraí, Três Lagoas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Abadia (August 15), Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.06.15: Established as Diocese of Campo Grande / Campi Grandis (Latin) (from Diocese of Corumbá and Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
1978.01.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Três Lagoas and Territorial Prelature of Coxim
1978.11.27: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande / Campi Grandis (Latin) (with suffragan sees Corumbá, Dourados, Três Lagoas and Coxim)
1981.01.30: Gained suffragan see Jardim
2011.06.01: Gained suffragan see Naviraí

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.10)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.05.04 – ...):

Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa (68)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Campo Grande (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa (68)
(2011.05.04 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campo Grande (Brazil)

Servir com alegria

Born:	1956.04.01 (Boa Esperança, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.08.02

Priest of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1988.12.03 – 2003.06.11)

Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari (2003.06.11 – 2011.05.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2003.06.11 – 2011.05.04)

General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2007 – 2011.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campo Grande (Brazil) (2011.05.04 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2011.05.19 – 2015.05.13)

Archbishop Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B. (88)
(1986.12.12 – 2011.05.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Campo Grande (Brazil)

Pro Ovibus Meis

Born:	1936.01.20 (Presidente Getúlio, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1966.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.31

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1981.11.26 – 1984.11.26)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Campo Grande (Brazil) (1984.11.26 – 1986.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campo Grande (Brazil) (1986.12.12 – 2011.05.04)

Archbishop Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B.
(1978.11.27 – 1986.12.12)

Anunziar as risquezas de Cristo

Born:	1911.05.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1936.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.05.01
Died:	1993.05.03 († 81)

Bishop of Campo Grande (Brazil) (1958.01.23 – 1978.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campo Grande (Brazil) (1978.11.27 – 1986.12.12)

Bishops of Campo Grande (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antônio Barbosa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1958.01.23 – 1978.11.27)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B. (88) (1984.11.26 – 1986.12.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Janusz Marian Danecki, O.F.M. Conv. (2015.02.25 – 2024.08.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B. (65) (2005.03.02 – 2015.04.22)

Special Churches

Churches by City (52)

Jardim (↙), Coxim (↑), Três Lagoas (→), Naviraí (↘), Dourados (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 43,762 km²

Population: 643,244 Catholics (63.6% of 1,010,905 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes

Personnel: 137 priests (63 diocesan, 74 religious), 23 deacons, 204 religious (121 brothers, 83 sisters), 23 seminarians