Diocese of Guaxupé
| Diocese of Guaxupé | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre |
| Diocesan bishop | José de Lanza Neto |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle CSS |
| founding | February 3, 1916 |
| surface | 19,200 km² |
| Parishes | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 937,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 683,500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 72.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 104 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,425 |
| Friars | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 93 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Nossa Senhora das Dores |
| address | Cúria Diocesana Rua Francisco Ribeiro do Valle 242 37800-000 Guaxupé, MG Brazil |
| Website | guaxupe.org.br |
The Diocese of Guaxupé ( lat. : Dioecesis Guaxupensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Guaxupé in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese of Guaxupé was on February 3, 1916 by Pope Benedict XV. Erected from the cession of territory by the diocese of Pouso Alegre . On May 11, 1968, the diocese of Guaxupé gave up parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Abbey of Claraval . This territorial abbey was dissolved on December 11, 2002 and the territory was annexed to the diocese of Guaxupé.
The diocese of Guaxupé is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre as a suffragan .
Bishops of Guaxupé
- Antônio Augusto de Assis , 1916–1918, then auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Mariana
- Ranulfo da Silva Farias , 1920–1939, then Archbishop of Maceió
- Hugo Bressane de Araújo , 1940–1951, then coadjutor archbishop of Belo Horizonte
- Inácio João Dal Monte OFMCap , 1952–1963
- José de Almeida Batista Pereira , 1964–1976
- José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto , 1976–1989
- José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle CSS , 1989-2006
- José Mauro Pereira Bastos CP , 2006
- José de Lanza Neto , since 2007
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Cathedral of the diocese
Coat of arms of the diocese
See also
Web links
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