Diocese of Corumbá, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Corumbá / Corumben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campo Grande

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1910.03.10: Established as Diocese of Corumbá / Corumben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Cuiabá and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
1940.07.13: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chapada
1957.06.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Campo Grande and Diocese of Dourados
1958.02.02: Lost territory to Diocese of Marília
1978.11.27: Became suffragan of Campo Grande
1981.01.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jardim

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.12.04 – ...):	Bishop Francesco Biasin (81) Bishop emeritus of Barra do Piraí–Volta Redonda (Brazil)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Corumbá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francesco Biasin (81)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.12.04 – ...)

Bishop João Aparecido Bergamasco, S.A.C. (57)
(2018.12.19 – 2023.10.04)

Bishop of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil)

Permanecei no meu amor

Born:	1967.05.15 (Tuneiras do Oeste, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.03

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (2018.12.19 – 2023.10.04)

Bishop of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil) (2023.10.04 – ...)

Bishop Segismundo Martínez Álvarez, S.D.B.
(2004.12.07 – 2018.12.19)

Dives in Misericordia

Born:	1943.02.23 (Acebes del Páramo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.01.30
Died:	2021.04.21 (Corumbá, MS, Brazil † 78)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (2004.12.07 – 2018.12.19)

Bishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. (78) (later Archbishop)
(2000.05.31 – 2003.06.04)

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)

Bishop José Alves da Costa, D.C.
(1991.05.08 – 1999.07.21)

Confio no Senhor

Born:	1939.04.20 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1965.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.02.21
Died:	2012.12.04 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum (1986.01.03 – 1991.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1986.01.03 – 1991.05.08)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1991.05.08 – 1999.07.21)

Bishop Pedro Fré, C.SS.R.
(1985.10.28 – 1989.12.02)

Sanare Contritos Corde

Born:	1924.08.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1950.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.01.05
Died:	2014.04.03 († 89)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1985.10.28 – 1989.12.02)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (1989.12.02 – 2000.12.20)

Bishop Vitório Pavanello, S.D.B. (88) (later Archbishop)
(1981.11.26 – 1984.11.26)

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)

Bishop Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B.
(1978.07.05 – 1981.02.16)

Dar a vida pelos irmãos

Born:	1924.08.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.03.19
Died:	2009.12.09 († 85)

Auxiliary Bishop of Uberlândia (Brazil) (1970.01.09 – 1971.09.07)

Titular Bishop of Illiberi (1970.01.09 – 1978.07.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Uberlândia (Brazil) (1971.09.07 – 1977.12.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1977.12.01 – 1978.07.05)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1978.07.05 – 1981.02.16)

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (1981.02.16 – 1999.08.04)

Bishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B.
(1957.11.28 – 1978.07.05)

Born:	1903.06.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1932.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.12
Died:	1994.06.24 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina (1955.07.21 – 1957.11.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1955.07.21 – 1957.11.28)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1957.11.28 – 1978.07.05)

Bishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1948.02.29 – 1956.12.18)

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)

Bishop Vicente Maria Bartholomeu Priante, S.D.B.
(1933.05.13 – 1944.12.04)

Born:	1883.10.17
Ordained Priest:	1912.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.07.23
Died:	1944.12.04 († 61)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1933.05.13 – 1944.12.04)

Venerable Bishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1928.12.17 – 1931.07.10)

Sub umbra alarum tuarum

Born:	1886.02.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1912.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.02.11
Died:	1974.08.15 († 88)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1924.07.04 – 1928.12.17)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1931.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1931.07.10 – 1941.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1941.07.19 – 1963.02.16)

Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus (1963.02.16 – 1971.03.16)

Archbishop and religious of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians).

Bishop José Maurício da Rocha
(1919.03.10 – 1927.02.04)

Omnia et in omnibus Christus

Born:	1885.06.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1908.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.07.20
Died:	1969.11.24 († 84)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1919.03.10 – 1927.02.04)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (1927.02.04 – 1969.11.24)

Bishop-elect Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1918.02.15 – 1918.06.18)

Born:	1876.02.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1901.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.08.15
Died:	1960.04.25 († 84)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1918.02.15 – 1918.06.18)

Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1918.06.18 – 1921.12.02)

Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1921.12.02 – 1922.02.10)

Titular Archbishop of Verissa (1922.02.10 – 1922.09.01)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1922.02.10 – 1922.09.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1922.09.01 – 1960.04.25)

Bishop Cyrillo de Paula Freitas
(1911.03.13 – 1918.02.08)

Born:	1860.03.15 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1885.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.01.07
Died:	1947.03.09 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Eucarpia (1905.03.27 – 1911.03.13)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1905.03.27 – 1911.03.13)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1911.03.13 – 1918.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Antipatris (1918.02.08 – 1947.03.09)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B. (1977.12.01 – 1978.07.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ladislau Paz, S.D.B. (1955.07.21 – 1957.11.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Candelária, Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul

Churches by City (9)

Chaco Paraguayo (↙), San Ignacio de Velasco (↖), São Luiz de Cáceres (↑), Rondonópolis–Guiratinga (↗), Coxim (→), Jardim (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 65,062 km²

Population: 103,600 Catholics (83.1% of 124,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes

Personnel: 17 priests (10 diocesan, 7 religious), 3 deacons, 13 religious (8 brothers, 5 sisters), 2 seminarians