Diocese of Jardim, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jardim / Viridarien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campo Grande

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1981.01.30: Established as Diocese of Jardim / Viridarien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Corumbá and became suffragan of Campo Grande)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.08.22 – ...):

Bishop Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jardim (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Cesário Palma, O.F.M. Cap. (64)
(2025.08.22 – ...)

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil)

Spes non confundit

Born:	1961.08.15 (Pinhalão, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.02.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.10.18

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (2025.08.22 – ...)

Bishop João Gilberto de Moura (62)
(2013.07.03 – 2024.10.30)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil)

Servo e pastor

Born:	1963.11.21 (Ituiutaba, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1995.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.09.06

Priest of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (1995.12.10 – 2013.07.03)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2008.06.03 – 2013.07.03)

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (2013.07.03 – 2024.10.30)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (2024.10.30 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. (70)
(2008.05.21 – 2012.11.07)

Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil)

Totus Dei

Born:	1955.04.23 (São João de Meriti, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.08.10

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (2008.05.21 – 2012.11.07)

Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (2012.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B.
(1999.08.04 – 2007.04.11)

Ut Unum Sint

Born:	1944.06.03 (Torreglia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1974.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.21
Died:	2022.06.17 (Campo Grande, MS, Brazil † 78)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (1999.03.24 – 1999.08.04)

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (1999.08.04 – 2007.04.11)

Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil) (2007.04.11 – 2019.06.05)

Bishop Onofre Cândido Rosa, S.D.B.
(1981.02.16 – 1999.08.04)

Dar a vida pelos irmãos

Born:	1924.08.05 (Paraguassú, MG, 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)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. (1999.03.24 – 1999.08.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul

Churches by City (13)

Chaco Paraguayo (←), Corumbá (↑), Coxim (↗), Campo Grande (↗), Dourados (→), Concepción (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 69,942 km²

Population: 139,852 Catholics (61.8% of 226,420 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (9 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 20 religious (11 brothers, 9 sisters)