The Roman Catholic Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins ( la, Dioecesis Miracemanus Tocantinensis) is a

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located in the city of

Miracema do Tocantins Miracema do Tocantins (Xerente language, Akwẽ-Xerénte ''Krikahâ dawanã hã'' ) is a municipality of the Brazilian state of Tocantins. Its estimated population in 2020 was 17,936 inhabitants. It has an area of and an average elevation of . It ...

in the

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of Palmas in Brazil.

History

* October 11, 1966: Established as Territorial Prelature of Miracema do Norte from the

Diocese of Porto Nacional The Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto Nacional ( la, Dioecesis Portus Nationalis) is a diocese located in the city of Porto Nacional in the Ecclesiastical province of Palmas in Brazil. History * December 20, 1915: Established as Diocese of Porto ...

* August 4, 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Miracema do Norte * October 14, 1989: Renamed as Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins * July 10, 2019: Territory modified along with neighbouring

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cristalândia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cristalândia ( la, Dioecesis Cristalandiensis) is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palmas, Palmas in central Brazil. Its episcopal cathedral is the Marian Catedral Prelatíc ...

* January 31, 2023: Lost territories to establish the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Araguaína The Roman Catholic Diocese of Araguaína is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. History On 31 January 2023 the diocese was established from the diocesan territories of Tocantinópolis and Miracema do Tocantins. See also *Roman C ...

Statistics

As per 10 July 2019, in time of modification, it pastorally served 153,760 Catholics (68.5% of 224,620 total) on 47,816 km² in 22 parishes with 21 priests (19 diocesan, 2 religious), 10 deacons, 31 lay religious (4 brothers, 27 sisters) and 7 seminarians.Elevazione a Diocesi della Prelatura Territoriale di Cristalândia (Brasile) e nomina del primo Vescovo

Leadership

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

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s of Miracema do Tocantins (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Philip Dickmans (2008.05.21 – present) ** Bishop João José Burke, O.F.M. (1996.02.14 – 2006.03.14) ** Bishop

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(1989.10.04 – 1996.02.14) * Bishop of Miracema do Norte (Roman Rite), below ** Bishop James Collins, C.Ss.R. (1981.09.17 – 1989.10.04) *Prelate of Miracema do Norte (Roman Rite), below ** Bishop James Collins, C.Ss.R. (1966.10.27 – 1981.09.17)

Coadjutor bishop

* João José Burke, O.F.M. (1995-1996)

References

External links

GCatholic.org

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