Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres

History

• Established on April 5, 1910 as Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres, without missionary stage, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Cuiaba
• Lost territories twice : on 1925.05.01 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and on 1929.03.01 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim

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Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

• Modesto Augusto Vieira , next Titular Bishop of Archelaïs as Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana
• Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance , emeritate as Titular Bishop of Platæa
• *'' Apostolic Administrator Father Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R. , without previous prelature
• Máximo André Biennès, T.O.R., died 2007
• * Auxiliary Bishop: José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R. , Titular Bishop of Bagis ; later second Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Borba , died 2009
• Paulo Antônio de Conto , next Bishop of Criciúma , Bishop of Montenegro , Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Passo Fundo
• José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. ; previously Bishop of Marabá
• Antônio Emidio Vilar, Salesians of Don Bosco , next Bishop of São João da Boa Vista
• Jacy Diniz Rocha, no previous prelature.

  Auxiliary bishop

• José Afonso Ribeiro, T.O.R., appointed Prelate of Borba, Amazonas