Diocese of Guajará-Mirim, Brazil

Bishop (2011.12.09 – ...):

Bishop Benedito Araújo (59)

Bishops of Guajará-Mirim (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benedito Araújo (59)
(2011.12.09 – ...)

Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil)

Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (2011.03.23 – 2011.12.09)

Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (2011.12.09 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho (Brazil) (2015.04.22 – 2015.10.14)

Bishop Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier
(1980.07.31 – 2011.12.09)

Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (1980.07.31 – 2011.12.09)

Prelates of Guajará-Mirim (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R.
(1966.03.12 – 1978.11.03)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (1964.04.24 – 1966.03.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (1966.03.12 – 1978.11.03)

Titular Bishop of Feradi minus (1966.03.23 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R.
(1945.05.19 – 1966.03.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (1945.05.19 – 1966.03.12)

Titular Bishop of Phacusa (1945.05.19 – 1984.01.20)

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Benedito Araújo (59) (2011.03.23 – 2011.12.09)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop-elect Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. (1964.04.24 – 1966.03.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José María Pinheiro (84) (1997.02.12 – 2003.08.06)

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Area: 91,282 km²

Population: 118,400 Catholics (57.3% of 206,600 total) (2020)

Statistics: 13 parishes, 10 priests (9 diocesan, 1 religious), 11 deacons, 29 lay religious (2 brothers, 27 sisters), 7 seminarians (2020)

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Seringueiro (December 8)

1929.03.01: Established as Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim / Guaiaramiren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1952.02.16: Became suffragan of Manaus
1978.01.03: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia
1979.10.16: Promoted as Diocese of Guajará-Mirim / Guaiaramiren(sis) (Latin)
1982.10.04: Became suffragan of Porto Velho