Diocese of Três Lagoas, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Três Lagoas / Trilacunen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campo Grande

Neighbouring Dioceses: Naviraí (↙), Campo Grande (←), Coxim (↖), Jataí (↑), Ituiutaba (↗), Jales (↗), Araçatuba (→), Marília (↘), Presidente Prudente (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sagrado Coração de Jesus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1978.01.03: Established as Diocese of Três Lagoas / Trilacunen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Campo Grande and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
1978.11.27: Became suffragan of Campo Grande

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.02.25 – ...):

Bishop Luiz Gonçalves Knupp (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Três Lagoas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Gonçalves Knupp (58)
(2015.02.25 – ...)

Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil)

Eu vim para que todos tenham vida

Born:	1967.11.29 (Mandaguari, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1999.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.04.24

Priest of Maringá (Brazil) (1999.04.24 – 2015.02.25)

Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil) (2015.02.25 – ...)

Bishop José Moreira Bastos Neto
(2009.01.07 – 2014.04.26)

E tomou-me para o seu serviço

Born:	1953.01.25 (Simonésia, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.04.19
Died:	2014.04.26 (Três Lagoas, MS, Brazil † 61)

Priest of Caratinga (Brazil) (1979.10.28 – 2009.01.07)

Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil) (2009.01.07 – 2014.04.26)

Bishop Izidoro Kosinski, C.M.
(1981.05.08 – 2009.01.07)

Evangelizar os pobres

Born:	1932.04.01 (Tomaz Coelho, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.07.24
Died:	2017.09.15 (Curitiba, PR, Brazil † 85)

Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil) (1981.05.08 – 2009.01.07)

Bishop Geraldo Majela Reis (later Archbishop)
(1978.01.03 – 1981.02.03)

Trabalhar para a tua messe

Born:	1924.08.28 (Lamim, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1949.11.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.03.30
Died:	2004.05.27 (Conselheiro Lafaiete, MG, Brazil † 79)

Bishop of Três Lagoas (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1981.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1981.02.03 – 1997.05.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral do Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (16)

Naviraí (↙), Campo Grande (←), Coxim (↖), Jataí (↑), Ituiutaba (↗), Jales (↗), Araçatuba (→), Marília (↘), Presidente Prudente (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,877 km²

Population: 211,000 Catholics (72.0% of 293,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 21 priests (15 diocesan, 6 religious), 6 deacons, 6 religious (6 brothers), 8 seminarians