Roman Catholic Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

Diocese of Leste–Paranatinga Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis Diocese de Primavera do Leste-Paranatinga
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Cuiabá
Metropolitan	Cuiabá
Statistics
Area	98,056 km^2 (37,860 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 170,000 127,500 (75%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	25 June 2014 (1 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier in Paranatinga
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Derek John Christopher Byrne
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mílton Antônio dos Santos

The Diocese of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Latin: Diocesis Primavera non Leste-Paranatinguensis) is a Latin suffragan Roman Catholic Diocese in the state of Mato Grosso, in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá in Brazil.

Its Cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral São Cristóvão, in Primavera do Leste. It also has a Co-Cathedral Co-Catedral São Francisco Xavier, in Paranatinga.

History

• On December 23, 1997, the Territorial Prelature of Paranatinga was established on territory split of 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 Latin Rite)

Territorial Prelate of Paranatinga

• Vital Chitolina, Dehonians (S.C.I.) (December 23, 1997 - December 28, 2011), later Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (2011.12.28 – ...)

Diocesan Suffragan Bishops of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga

• Derek John Christopher Byrne, Saint Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions (S.P.S.) (June 25, 2014 - ...), previously Bishop of Guiratinga (Brazil) (2008.12.24 – 2014.06.25)

Sources and External links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy