Diocese of Luz
| Diocese of Luz | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte |
| Diocesan bishop | José Aristeu Vieira |
| founding | 1918 |
| surface | 24,990 km² |
| Parishes | 44 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 494,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 397,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 80.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 62 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,293 |
| Friars | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Luz |
| Website | diocesedeluz.org.br |
The diocese of Luz ( lat. : Dioecesis Luceatinus ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Luz in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
Pope Benedict XV founded the Diocese of Aterrado on July 18, 1918 with the Apostolic Constitution Romanis Pontificibus from territorial cessions of the Diocese of Uberaba and the Archdiocese of Mariana , to which it was also subordinated as a Suffragan Diocese . On February 1, 1924, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte .
It lost part of its territory on July 11, 1958 in favor of the establishment of the Diocese of Divinópolis . On December 5, 1960, it took on its current name.
territory
The Diocese of Luz includes the communities Abaeté, Cedro do Abaeté, Arcos, Bambuí, Bom Despacho, Campos Altos, Capitólio, Córrego Danta, Tapiraí, Córrego Fundo, Dores do Indaiá, Doresópolis, Estrela do Indaiá, Serra da Saudade, Formiga, Iguatama Japaraíba, Lagoa da Prata, Luz, Medeiros, Moema, Morada Nova de Minas, Paineiras, Pains, Pimenta, Piumhi, Pratinha, Quartel Geral, Santa Rosa da Serra, Santo Antônio do Monte and Vargem Bonita of the state of Minas Gerais.
Ordinaries
Bishop of Aterrado
- Manoel Nunes Coelho (June 10, 1920 - December 5, 1960)
Bishops of Luz
- Manoel Nunes Coelho (December 5, 1960 - July 8, 1967)
- Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto CM (July 9, 1967 - May 18, 1994)
- Eurico dos Santos Veloso (May 18, 1994 - November 28, 2001, then Archbishop of Juiz de Fora )
- Antonio Carlos Félix (February 5, 2003– March 6, 2014, then Bishop of Governador Valadares )
- José Aristeu Vieira (since February 25, 2015)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Luz on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Luz on gcatholic.org (English)