The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jataí ( la, Dioecesis Iataiensis) is a

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located in the city of

Jataí Jataí is a municipality in southern Goiás state, Brazil. Its population was 103,221 (2021) in a total area of . Jataí is a major producer of agricultural products, including soybeans, rice, and corn. It has the largest herd of cattle in the ...

in the

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Goiânia Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...

in Brazil.

History

On 21 June 1929

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established the

Territorial Prelature A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

of Jataí from the

Diocese of Goiás In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

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elevated the prelature to the Diocese of Jataí on 26 March 1956.

Bishops

Ordinaries

;Prelates of Jataí * Bishop Germán Vega Campón, O.S.A. (1941.04.19 – 1955.05.08) ;

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of Jataí * Bishop Abel Ribeiro Camelo (1957.01.17 – 1960.05.14), appointed Bishop of Goiás * Bishop Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. (1961.06.08 – 1999.02.24). Died 2008.04.30. * Bishop

Miguel Pedro Mundo Miguel Pedro Mundo (July 25, 1937 – May 18, 1999) was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil. In the Diocese of Jataí, he served as Auxiliary Bishop from 1978 to 1999, then Bishop of Jataí for the last three months of his li ...

(1999.02.24 – 1999.05.19). Died in office. * Bishop Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P. (1999.12.22 – 2009.12.16) * Bishop José Luis Majella Delgado,

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(2010.03.06 – 2014.05.28), appointed Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais * Bishop Nélio Domingos Zortea (2015 – 2023.03.29), appointed Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul * Bishop Joaquim Carlos Carvalho,

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(2023 - ...)

Auxiliary bishops of Jatai

(1978.03.06 – 1999.02.24), appointed Bishop of Jataí *Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B. (1972.06.10 - 1976.05.14), appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia

References

Jatai Christian organizations established in 1929 Jatai, Roman Catholic Diocese of Jatai {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub