Diocese of Campanha
Diocese of Campanha | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre |
Diocesan bishop | Pedro Cunha Cruz |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Diamantino Prata de Carvalho OFM |
Vicar General | João Luis da Silva |
founding | 1907 |
surface | 15,420 km² |
Parishes | 68 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 730,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 713,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 97.7% |
Diocesan priest | 93 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6,602 |
Friars | 29 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 149 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
Website | http://www.diocesedacampanha.org.br/portal/ |
The Diocese of Campanha ( lat. : Dioecesis Campaniensis in Brasilia ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Campanha in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese of Campanha was established on September 8, 1907 by Pope Pius X with the papal bull Spirituali Fidelium from ceded territory of the diocese of São Paulo and subordinated to the archdiocese of Mariana as a suffragan . On May 21, 1960, the diocese of Campanha gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of São João del Rei . The diocese of Campanha was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre as a suffragan on April 14, 1962 .
Bishops of Campanha
- João de Almeida Ferrão , 1909-1935
- Inocêncio Engelke OFM , 1935-1960
- Othon Motta , 1960-1982
- Aloísio Ariovaldo Amaral CSsR , 1984-1991
- Aloísio Roque Oppermann SCJ , 1991–1996, then Archbishop of Uberaba
- Diamantino Prata de Carvalho OFM, 1998-2015
- Pedro Cunha Cruz , since 2015