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Diocese of Guajará-Mirim

*Dioecesis Guaiaramirensis*
Diocese of Guajará-Mirim; Dioecesis Guaiaramirensis
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Porto Velho
Statistics
Area	89,700 km2 (34,600 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 218,500; 130,200 (59.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1 March 1929 (95 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora do Seringueiro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Benedito Araújo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Roque Paloschi
Website
	www.dgm.org.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guajará-Mirim (Latin: Dioecesis Guaiaramirensis) is a diocese located in the city of Guajará-Mirim in the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.

History

1 March 1929: Established as Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim from Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres
16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Guajará-Mirim

Bishops of Guajará-Mirim (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Benedito Araújo (2011.12.09 - present)
- Bishop Geraldo João Paulo Roger Verdier (1980.07.31 – 2011.12.09)
Prelates of Guajará-Mirim (Roman Rite), below
- Bishop Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. (1966.03.12 – 1978.11.03)
- Bishop Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. (1945.05.19 – 1966.03.12)

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