Diocese of Almenara
| Diocese of Almenara | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Diamantina |
| Diocesan bishop | José Carlos Brandão Cabral |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hugo María van Steekelenburg OFM |
| Vicar General | João Amaral Rocha |
| founding | 1981 |
| surface | 15,618 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 197,300 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 151,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 76.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.190 |
| Friars | 15 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 22 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São João Batista Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.diocesealmenara.org.br/ |
The diocese Almenara (Latin Dioecesis Almenarensis , Portuguese Diocese de Almenara ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Almenara in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese of Almenara was established on March 28, 1981 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quoniam omnis from cessions of territory of the dioceses Teófilo Otoni and Araçuaí . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Diamantina as a suffragan .
Bishops of Almenara
- José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle CSS , 1982–1988, then Coadjutor Bishop of Guaxupé
- Diogo Reesink OFM , 1989–1998, then Bishop of Teófilo Otoni
- Hugo María van Steekelenburg OFM, 1999–2013
- José Carlos Brandão Cabral , since 2013
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quoniam omnis , AAS 74 (1982), n.9, pp. 969f.