Diocese of Caratinga
| Diocese of Caratinga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Mariana |
| Diocesan bishop | Emanuel Messias de Oliveira |
| Vicar General | Raul Motta de Oliveira |
| founding | 1915 |
| surface | 15,088 km² |
| Parishes | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 725,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 611,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 84.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.105 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 94 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São João Batista Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.diocesecaratinga.org.br/home/ |
The Diocese of Caratinga ( Latin Dioecesis Caratingensis , Portuguese Diocese de Caratinga ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Caratinga in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese Caratinga was on December 15, 1915 by Pope Benedict XV. established with the papal bull Pastorale Romani Pontificis officium from cession of territory of the diocese of Amazonas . On February 1, 1956, the Diocese of Caratinga were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Rerum usu erected diocese Governador Valadares from.
The Diocese of Caratinga is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Mariana as a suffragan .
Bishops of Caratinga
- Carloto Fernandes da Silva Távora , 1919–1933
- José Maria Parreira Lara , 1934–1936
- João Batista Cavati CM , 1938-1956
- José Eugênio Corrêa , 1957–1978
- Hélio Gonçalves Heleno , 1978-2011
- Emanuel Messias de Oliveira , since 2011