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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tocantinópolis

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Diocese of Tocantinópolis

Dioecesis Tocantinopolitanus
Location
CountryBrazil
MetropolitanPalmas
Statistics
Area42,500 km2 (16,400 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
404,600
315,000 (77.9%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 December 1954 (69 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nossa Senhora da Consolação
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGiovane Pereira de Melo
Metropolitan ArchbishopPedro Brito Guimarães
Map
Website
diocesedetocantinopolis.org.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tocantinópolis (Latin: Dioecesis Tocantinopolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Tocantinópolis in the ecclesiastical province of Palmas in Brazil.

History

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  • 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tocantinópolis from the Diocese of Porto Nacional
  • 30 October 1980: Promoted as Diocese of Tocantinópolis
  • 31 January 2023: Lost territories to establish the Diocese of Araguaína

Bishops

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  • Prelates of Tocantinópolis (Roman Rite)
    • Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. † (12 April 1962 - 30 October 1980) became bishop of the diocese
  • Bishops of Tocantinópolis (Roman rite)
    • Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. (30 October 1980 - 12 August 1981) Died
    • Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. (9 November 1981 - 22 December 1999) Appointed, Bishop of Jataí
    • Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro (17 January 2001 - 31 October 2007) Appointed, Bishop of Oliveira
    • Giovane Pereira de Melo (4 March 2009 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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References

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