Diocese of Coxim
The Diocese of Coxim 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.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Coxim.
History
- Established on January 3, 1978 as Territorial Prelature of Coxim, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Campo Grande
- November 13, 2002: Promoted as Diocese of Coxim
Statistics and extent
, it pastorally served 110,000 Catholics on 45,000 km2 in 14 parishes with 17 priests, 1 deacon, 22 lay religious and 8 seminarians.Episcopal ordinaries
;Territorial Prelates of Coxim- Clóvis Frainer, OFMCap, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus, Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora ; died 2017
- Ângelo Domingos Salvador, OFMCap, previously Titular Bishop of Selia as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia ; later Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Bishop of Uruguaiana
- Osório Bebber, OFMCap, previously Coadjutor Bishop of Tubarão, succeeding as Bishop of Tubarão ; later Bishop of Joaçaba
- Antonino Migliore, no previous prelature
- Antonino Migliore.
- Otair Nicoletti.