Diocese of Leopoldina
| Diocese of Leopoldina | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora |
| Diocesan bishop | Edson José Oriolo dos Santos |
| founding | 1942 |
| surface | 8,491 km² |
| Parishes | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 601,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 423,390 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 70.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 56 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,514 |
| Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 60 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São Sebastião Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.diocesedesaojoaodelrei.com.br/ |
The Diocese of Leopoldina ( lat. : Dioecesis Leopoldinensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Leopoldina in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese Leopoldina was on March 28, 1942 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quae ad maius from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Juiz de Fora and the Archdiocese of Mariana . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mariana as a suffragan . On April 14, 1962, the Leopoldina diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora as a suffragan.
Bishops of Leopoldina
- Delfim Ribeiro Guedes , 1943–1960, then Bishop of São João del Rei
- Geraldo Ferreira Reis , 1961–1985
- Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes , 1985–1989, then auxiliary bishop in Belo Horizonte
- Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho OPraem , 1990–1996, then Archbishop of Pouso Alegre
- Célio de Oliveira Goulart, OFM , 1998-2003, then Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
- Dario Campos OFM, 2004–2011, then Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
- José Eudes Campos do Nascimento , 2012–2018, then Bishop of São João del Rei
- Edson José Oriolo dos Santos , since 2019
See also
Web links
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