Diocese of Sinop, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Sinop / Sinopen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuiabá

Neighbouring Dioceses: Diamantino (↙), Juína (←), Borba (↖), Itaituba (↑), Alto Xingu–Tucumã (↗), São Félix (→), Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (↘), Cuiabá (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sagrado Coração de Jesus

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 9 (2007)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1982.02.06: Established as Diocese of Sinop / Sinopen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Diamantino and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
1997.12.23: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.01.20 – ...):

Bishop Canísio Klaus (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sinop (Roman Rite)

Bishop Canísio Klaus (74)
(2016.01.20 – ...)

Bishop of Sinop (Brazil)

Enviado para Evangelizar

Born:	1951.10.09 (Arroio do Meio, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.21

Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1979.12.28 – 1998.04.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (1998.04.22 – 1998.08.26)

Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (1998.08.26 – 2010.05.19)

Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (2010.05.19 – 2016.01.20)

Bishop of Sinop (Brazil) (2016.01.20 – ...)

Bishop Gentil Delázari
(1995.03.22 – 2016.01.20)

Preparar os Caminhos do Senhor

Born:	1940.09.09 (Relvado, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.03.27
Died:	2022.10.31 (Sinop, MG, Brazil † 82)

Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1968.07.13 – 1994.02.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sinop (Brazil) (1994.02.09 – 1995.03.22)

Bishop of Sinop (Brazil) (1995.03.22 – 2016.01.20)

Bishop Henrique Froehlich, S.J.
(1982.03.25 – 1995.03.22)

Born:	1919.11.22 (Cêrro Alegre, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.02.20
Died:	2003.12.28 (Sinop, MG, Brazil † 84)

Titular Bishop of Iomnium (1971.11.29 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Diamantino (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1979.10.16)

Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1982.03.25)

Bishop of Sinop (Brazil) (1982.03.25 – 1995.03.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gentil Delázari (1994.02.09 – 1995.03.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Sinop, Mato Grosso

Churches by City (33)

Diamantino (↙), Juína (←), Borba (↖), Itaituba (↑), Alto Xingu–Tucumã (↗), São Félix (→), Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (↘), Cuiabá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 191,039 km²

Population: 570,000 Catholics (82.1% of 694,426 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes, 750 missions

Personnel: 59 priests (35 diocesan, 24 religious), 6 deacons, 50 religious (28 brothers, 22 sisters), 10 seminarians