Diocese of

São Luiz de Cáceres 𝐖

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São Luiz de Cáceres / São Luis de Cáceres / Sancti Aloisii de Caceres (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuiabá

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Louis of France (August 25)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1910.04.05: Established as Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres / São Luis de Cáceres / Sancti Aloisii de Caceres (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá and became suffragan of Cuiabá)
1925.05.01: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
1929.03.01: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.05.10 – ...):

Bishop Jacy Diniz Rocha (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São Luiz de Cáceres (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacy Diniz Rocha (66)
(2017.05.10 – ...)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Em Atenção à Tua Palavra

Born:	1958.09.29 (São João Evangelista, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.07.08

Priest of Barreiras (Brazil) (1984.05.26 – 2017.05.10)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (2017.05.10 – ...)

Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. (67)
(2008.07.23 – 2016.09.28)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)

A vida pelas ovelhas

Born:	1957.11.14 (Guardinha, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.09.27

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (2008.07.23 – 2016.09.28)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2016.09.28 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2022.01.19 – ...)

Bishop José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. (93)
(1998.11.11 – 2008.07.23)

Bishop emeritus of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Servir - Não ser servido

Born:	1931.06.10 (Poconé, MT, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1958.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.29

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (1990.04.18 – 1998.11.11)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1998.11.11 – 2008.07.23)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (82)
(1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27)

Bishop emeritus of Montenegro (Brazil)

Mihi Vivere Christus

Born:	1942.10.12 (Encantado, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.15

Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1968.07.13 – 1991.07.24)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)

Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil) (2008.07.02 – 2017.10.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.07.15 – 2015.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2020.01.22 – 2020.05.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Cascavel (Brazil) (2024.02.13 – 2024.05.02)

Bishop Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R.
(1967.11.03 – 1991.07.24)

In via justitiæ

Born:	1921.07.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.02.25
Died:	2007.08.10 († 86)

Apostolic Administrator of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1955 – 1967.11.03)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1967.11.03 – 1991.07.24)

Fr. Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1955 – 1967.11.03)

Bishop Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R.
(1915.03.13 – 1954.04.27)

Born:	1877.12.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1902.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.08.15
Died:	1965.12.24 († 87)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1915.03.13 – 1954.04.27)

Titular Bishop of Platæa (1954.04.27 – 1965.12.24)

Bishop Modesto Augusto Vieira
(1911.05.12 – 1914.01.12)

Born:	1865.12.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1890.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.07.25
Died:	1916.09.27 († 50)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1911.05.12 – 1914.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Archelaïs (1914.01.12 – 1916.09.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1914.01.12 – 1916.09.27)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. (1979.01.29 – 1988.07.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Luiz de França, Cáceres, Mato Grosso

Churches by City (25)

San Ignacio de Velasco (←), Juína (↖), Diamantino (↗), Cuiabá (→), Rondonópolis–Guiratinga (→), Corumbá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 135,969 km²

Population: 281,000 Catholics (70.7% of 397,325 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 43 priests (29 diocesan, 14 religious), 3 deacons, 47 religious (19 brothers, 28 sisters), 12 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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