Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares
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Diocese of Governador Valadares Dioecesis Valadarensis | |
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![]() Catedral de Santo Antônio de Pádua | |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Mariana |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,023 km2 (5,800 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 500,000 350,000 (70.0%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1 February 1956 (68 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Antônio Carlos Félix |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Geraldo Lyrio Rocha |
Website | |
www.diocesegv.org.br |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares (Latin: Dioecesis Valadarensis) is a diocese located in the city of Governador Valadares in the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.[1]
History
[edit]On 1 February 1956 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the Diocese of Araçuaí, the Diocese of Caratinga and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina.[2][3]
Bishops
[edit]- Bishops of Governador Valadares (Latin Church)
- Hermínio Malzone Hugo (1957.01.29 – 1977.12.07)
- José Gonçalves Heleno (1977.12.07 – 2001.04.25)
- Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. (2001.12.19 – 2014.03.06)
- Antônio Carlos Félix (2014.03.06 -
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Emanuel Messias de Oliveira, appointed Bishop of Guanhães in 1998
References
[edit]- ^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ "Diocese of Governador Valadares". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ^ "Diocese of Governador Valadares". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
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