Diocese of Araçuaí
| Diocese of Araçuaí | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Diamantina |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Marcello Romano |
| founding | August 25, 1913 |
| surface | 23,526 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 422.715 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 296,445 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 70.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,235 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 2 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 17 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São José Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.diocesedearacuai.com.br/n/ |
The Diocese of Araçuaí ( lat. : Dioecesis Arassuahyensis , port. Diocese de Araçuaí ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Araçuaí in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese of Araçuaí was established on August 25, 1913 by Pope Pius X from cession of the diocese of Diamantina . On June 28, 1917, the diocese Araçuaí was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Diamantina as a suffragan . The diocese Araçuaí gave on February 1, 1956 parts of its territory to establish the diocese Governador Valadares . Further assignments of territory took place on November 27, 1960 to found the Diocese Teófilo Otoni and on March 28, 1981 to found the Diocese of Almenara .
Bishops of Araçuaí
- Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva , 1914–1934, then Archbishop of Diamantina
- José de Haas OFM , 1937-1956
- José Maria Pires , 1957–1965, then Archbishop of Paraíba
- Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro , 1966–1973
- Silvestre Luís Scandián SVD , 1975–1981, then coadjutor archbishop of Vitória
- Crescênzio Rinaldini , 1982-2001
- Dario Campos OFM, 2001-2004, then Bishop of Leopoldina
- Severino Clasen OFM, 2005–2011, then Bishop of Caçador
- Marcello Romano , 2012–2020
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020