Roman Catholic Diocese of Coxim

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Diocese of Coxim

Dioecesis Coxinensis

Diocese de Coxim
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Campo Grande
Statistics
Area45,000 km2 (17,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
131,500
92,000 (70.0%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established3 January 1978 (45 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São José
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Otair Nicoletti
Metropolitan Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa
Bishops emeritus Antonino Migliore
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Coxim (Latin : Dioecesis Coxinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mato Grosso do Sul state, southwestern inland Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande.

Contents

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Coxim.

History

Statistics and extent

As of 2014, it pastorally served 110,000 Catholics (78.0% of 141,000 total) on 45,000 km² (the municipalities Coxim, Alcinópolis, Camapuã, Costa Rica, Figueirão, Pedro Gomes, Rio Negro, Rio Verde de Mato Grosso, São Gabriel do Oeste and Sonora) in 14 parishes with 17 priests (15 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 22 lay religious (4 brothers, 18 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Territorial Prelates of Coxim
Suffragan Bishops of Coxim

Coordinates: 18°30′22″S54°45′38″W / 18.5061°S 54.7606°W / -18.5061; -54.7606


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