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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Coxim

The Diocese of Coxim (Latin: Dioecesis Coxinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mato Grosso do Sul state, southwestern inland Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande.

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

History

Statistics and extent

As of 2014, it pastorally served 110,000 Catholics (78.0% of 141,000 total) on 45,000 km (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

Territorial Prelates of Coxim
Suffragan Bishops of Coxim
  • Antonino Migliore (see above 2002.11.13 – 2022.10.19).
  • Otair Nicoletti (2022.10.19 – ...).

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