Diocese of Guiratinga
The Diocese of Guiratinga was a former ecclesiastical circumscription of the Catholic Church in Brazil, belonging to the Ecclesiastical Province of Cuiabá and the West II Regional Bishops' Council of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, being a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá. The episcopal see is the Cathedral St. John the Baptist in the city of Guiratinga in the state of Mato Grosso.
The Prelature Registry Araguaia was erected on May 12, 1914, by Pope Pius X, by decree of the Sacred Congregation Concistorial, from territory taken from the Archdiocese Cuiabá, and delivered by the Holy See to the care of the Salesians.
1st Bishop Prelate: Don Antonio Malan - SDB -
Apostolic Administrator: Mons. Conturon John the Baptist
2nd Bishop Prelate: Bishop Jose Selva - SDB
3rd Bishop Prelate: Don Camillo Faresin - SDB
Pope Paul VI, on May 27, 1969, changed the name to Prelature of Guiratinga. On October 3, 1981, it was promoted to the rank of diocese by Pope John Paul II.
History
- May 12, 1914: Established as Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá
- June 15, 1957: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Campo Grande
- May 13, 1969: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of São Félix
- May 27, 1969: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Guiratinga
- October 3, 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Guiratinga
- February 27, 1982: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Barra do Garças
- June 25, 2014: Suppressed to the Diocese of Rondonopolis, Diocese of Paranatinga, and Diocese of Barra do Garças
Leadership
- Bishops of Guiratinga
- * Bishop Derek John Christopher Byrne, S.P.S.
- * Bishop Sebastião Assis de Figueiredo, O.F.M.
- * Bishop José Foralosso, S.D.B.
- * Bishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B.
- Prelates of Guiratinga
- * Bishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B.
- Prelates of Registro do Araguaia
- * Bishop Camillo Faresin, S.D.B.
- * Bishop José Selva, S.D.B.
- * Fr. João Batista Conturon, S.D.B.
- * Bishop Antônio Malan, S.D.B.