Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Archidioecesis Montisclarensis
The Cathedral
Location
CountryBrazil
Statistics
Area45,450 km2 (17,550 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
732,679
549,509 (75.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established10 December 1910 (113 years ago)
CathedralOur Lady of Apparition Cathedral, Montes Claros
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopJosé Carlos de Souza Campos
Bishops emeritusJosé Alberto Moura, C.S.S.
Website
arquimoc.com
Regional CNBB Leste 2.
Map of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisclarensis) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil.[1]

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida, dedicated to Our Lady of Aparecida, in the city of Montes Claros.

Ecclesiastical province

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Its Suffragan dioceses are all three daughter sees :

History

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Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 664,000 Catholics (81.2% of 818,000 total) on 45,520 km2 in 60 parishes and 2 missions with 108 priests (74 diocesan, 34 religious), 21 deacons, 163 lay religious (58 brothers, 105 sisters) and 22 seminarians .

Bishops

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Episcopal ordinaries

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  • ? Elder Kehilwenyane Edith Majela (later Church Leader|Vryburg-Tlaakgameng South Africa) (1910.03.07 – 1986.08.23)
Bishops of Montes Claros
  • João Antônio Pimenta (later Bishop) (1911.03.07 – death 1943.07.20), previously Titular Bishop of Pentacomia (1906.02.21 – 1911.03.07) as Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1906.02.21 – 1911.03.07)
  • Aristides de Araújo Porto (1943.07.20 – death 1947.04.07), succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (1931.05.08 – 1943.07.20) and Titular Bishop of Theveste (1931.05.08 – 1943.07.20)
  • Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior (1948.09.29 – 1951.11.17), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1951.11.17 – 1960.04.23), Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1960.04.23 – retired 1979.04.19), died 1984
  • Luís Victor Sartori (1952.03.04 – resigned 1956.01.10), next Titular Bishop of Celerina (1956.01.10 – 1960.09.14) as Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Maria (1956.01.10 – 1960.09.14), succeeding as Bishop of Santa Maria (1960.09.14 – death 1970.04.10)
  • José Alves de Sà Trindade (1956.05.27 – retired 1988.06.01), previously Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1948.09.04 – 1956.05.27); died 2005
  • Geraldo Majela de Castro, Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1988.06.01 – 2001.04.25), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (1982.06.15 – see elevated 1988.06.01 see below)
Archbishops of Montes Claros

Coadjutor bishops

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References

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  1. ^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
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