Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Caceres Diocese de São Luíz de Cáceres | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Cuiabá |
Metropolitan | Cuiabá |
Statistics | |
Area | 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 428,000 334,000 (78%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 5 April 1910 (113 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Louis IX of France in Cáceres |
Patron saint | St Louis IX |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jacy Diniz Rocha |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Mílton Antônio dos Santos |
Bishops emeritus | José Vieira de Lima, TOR |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres ( Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Aloisii de Caceres) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Cuiabá in Mato Grosso state, western central Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São Luiz de França, dedicated to Saint King Louis IX of France, in the city of Cáceres.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 351,000 Catholics (78.2% of 449,000 total) on 135,969 km2 in 23 parishes with 42 priests (25 diocesan, 17 religious), 1 deacon, 75 lay religious (23 brothers, 52 sisters) and 16 seminarians.
(all Roman rite)