Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Dourados | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Auratopolitanus |
Local: | Diocese de Dourados |
Country: | Brazil |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 15 June 1957 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
Area Km2: | 68,300 |
Population: | 485,927 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Catholics: | 353,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 72.6 |
Bishop: | Henrique Aparecido de Lima, C.SS.R. |
Metro Archbishop: | Dimas Lara Barbosa |
Emeritus Bishops: | Alberto Johannes Först, O.Carm. |
Website: | www.diocesededourados.com.br |
The Diocese of Dourados (Latin: Dioecesis Auratopolitanus) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Dourados, Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Campo Grande.