The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jataí () is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...

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

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...

Goiânia Goiânia ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-larges ...

in Brazil.

History

On 21 June 1929

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI (; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, ; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 until his death in February 1939. He was also the first sovereign of the Vatican City State u ...

established the

Territorial Prelature A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...

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 associated ...

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...

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 l ...

(1999.02.24 – 1999.05.19). Died in office. * Bishop

Aloísio Hilário de Pinho Aloísio Hilário de Pinho (14 January 1934 – 4 May 2021) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. De Pinho was born in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the worl ...

, F.D.P. (1999.12.22 – 2009.12.16) * Bishop José Luis Majella Delgado, C.Ss.R. (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, O.S.B. (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