Diocese of

Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Português) / Orientalis Veris–Paranatinguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuiabá

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: São Francisco Xavier (December 3), São Cristóvão

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1997.12.23: Established as Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga (Português) / Paranatinguen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Barra do Garças, Diocese of Rondonópolis and Diocese of Sinop and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
2014.06.25: Promoted as Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Português) / Orientalis Veris–Paranatinguen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Rondonópolis and gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Guiratinga)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.10.04 – ...):

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

Ordinaries

Bishops of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Roman Rite)

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

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.06.07 – 2023.10.04)

Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S. (77)
(2014.06.25 – 2023.06.07)

Bishop emeritus of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil)

Alegrai-vos no Senhor

Born:	1948.01.17 (Dublin, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.22

Bishop of Guiratinga (Brazil) (2008.12.24 – 2014.06.25)

Bishop of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil) (2014.06.25 – 2023.06.07)

Prelates of Paranatinga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vital Chitolina, S.C.I. (71)
(1997.12.23 – 2011.12.28)

Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil)

Preparai o caminho do Senhor

Born:	1954.01.03 (Tuparendi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.04.19

Bishop-Prelate of Paranatinga (Brazil) (1997.12.23 – 2011.12.28)

Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (2011.12.28 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Cristóvão, Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso
Co-Cathedral: Co-Catedral São Francisco Xavier, Paranatinga, Mato Grosso

Churches by City (20)

Cuiabá (↙), Sinop (↖), São Félix (↗), Barra do Garças (↘), Rondonópolis–Guiratinga (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 89,636 km²

Population: 146,000 Catholics (61.6% of 237,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 33 priests (23 diocesan, 10 religious), 5 deacons, 39 religious (16 brothers, 23 sisters), 8 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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