Roman Catholic Diocese of Coxim

Diocese of Coxim
Dioecesis Coxinensis
Diocese de Coxim
Location
Country  Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Campo Grande
Metropolitan Campo Grande
Statistics
Area 45,000 km2 (17,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
131,500
92,000 (70.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 3 January 1978 (39 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral São José
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Antonino Migliore
Metropolitan Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coxim (Latin: Dioecesis Coxinensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande in Mato Grosso do Sul state, southwestern inland Brazil.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Coxim.

History

Statistics and extent

As per 2014, it pastorally served 110,000 Catholics (78.0% of 141,000 total) on 45,000 km² (the municipalities Coxim, Alcinópolis, Camapuã, Costa Rica, Figueirão, Pedro Gomes, Rio Negro, Rio Verde de Mato Grosso, São Gabriel do Oeste and Sonora) in 14 parishes with 17 priests (15 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 22 lay religious (4 brothers, 18 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of Coxim
Suffragan Bishops of Coxim

Coordinates: 18°30′22″S 54°45′38″W / 18.5061°S 54.7606°W / -18.5061; -54.7606

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