Diocese of Diamantino
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Diamantino is a diocese located in the city of Diamantino in the ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá in Brazil.
History
- 22 March 1929: Established as Territorial Prelature of Diamantino from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá
- 16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Diamantino
- 6 February 1982: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sinop
- 23 December 1997: Lost territory, along with Diocese of Ji-Paraná, to establish Diocese of Juína
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Bishops of Diamantino
- * Vital Chitolina, S.C.I.
- * Canísio Klaus, appointed Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
- * Agostinho Willy Kist, S.J.
- * Henrique Froehlich, S.J., appointed Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso
- Prelates of Diamantino
- * Henrique Froehlich, S.J.
- * Alonso Silveira de Mello, S.J.
Coadjutor bishop
- Canísio Klaus