Diocese of Governador Valadares

Diocese of Governador Valadares
Basic data
Country	Brazil
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Mariana
Diocesan bishop	Antonio Carlos Félix
Emeritus diocesan bishop	José Goncalves Heleno
Vicar General	Dionisio Sebold
founding	1956
surface	14,374 km²
Parishes	53 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	569,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	399,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	70.1%
Diocesan priest	55 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	15 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	5,700
Permanent deacons	26 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars	16 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	28 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Portuguese
cathedral	Catedral Santo Antônio
Website	www.diocesegv.org.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares ( Latin Dioecesis Valadarensis , Portuguese Diocese de Governador Valadares ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Governador Valadares in the state of Minas Gerais .

history

The diocese Governador Valadares was on February 1, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiae universae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Diamantina and the dioceses of Araçuaí and Caratinga . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mariana as a suffragan . On 24 May 1985, the Diocese of Governador Valadares were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution quidem Recte erected diocese Guanhães from.

Bishops of Governador Valadares

• Hermínio Malzone Hugo , 1957–1977
• José Goncalves Heleno , 1977-2001
• Werner Franz Siebenbrock SVD , 2001–2014
• Antonio Carlos Félix , since 2014

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
• Roman Catholic Church in Brazil

Web links

• Website of the diocese (Portuguese)
• Entry on the diocese Governador Valadares on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Rerum usu , AAS 48 (1956), n.12, p. 597ff.
2. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Recte quidem , AAS 78 (1986), n.3, p. 217ff.