The Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga ( la, Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis) is a Latin

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in the state of

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

, in the

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of the metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá in Brazil. Its

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episcopal see is the Catedral São Cristóvão, in

Primavera do Leste Primavera do Leste is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. Transportation The city is served by Primavera do Leste Airport. See also *List of municipalities in Mato Grosso This is a list of the mun ...

. It also has a Co-Cathedral Co-Catedral São Francisco Xavier, in

Paranatinga Paranatinga is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. The municipality contains the Culuene Biological Reserve, created in 1898.Editing Culuene Biological Reserve (section) - Wikipedia As of 2021, peopl ...

History

* On December 23, 1997, the

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of Paranatinga was established on territory split off from the Diocese of Barra do Garças, Diocese of Rondonópolis and Diocese of Sinop * 25 June 2014: Suppressed to become Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

Incumbent Prelates

''(all

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)'' ; ''

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of Paranatinga'' * Vital Chitolina,

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(S.C.I.) (December 23, 1997 - December 28, 2011), later Bishop of

Diamantino Diamantino is a municipality in Mato Grosso state in Brazil. It has a population of 22,178 and is near Diamantino River. It is above sea-level, and sits at the foot of the Mato Grosso plateau. Its history dates from 1730 as a gold mining settle ...

(Brazil) (2011.12.28 – ...) ; ''Diocesan Suffragan Bishops of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga'' *

Derek John Christopher Byrne Derek Byrne S.P.S. (born 17 January 1948) is an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the St. Patrick's Missionary Society (Kiltegan Fathers) who was bishop of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga in Brazil from 2014 to 2023. He was ...

Saint Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions St. Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions (Latin ''Societas Sancti Patritii pro Missionibus ad Exteros''; also known as the Kiltegan Fathers) is a Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men composed of missionary priests ...

(S.P.S.) (June 25, 2014 - ...), previously Bishop of

Guiratinga Guiratinga (also known as Princess Eastern and initially as Lageado) is a city in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, distant about 320 miles from the capital Cuiabá. Like many cities in the region, its foundation is directly linked to mining activ ...

(Brazil) (2008.12.24 – 2014.06.25)

References

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links

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