Diocese of Patos de Minas

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Diocese of Patos de Minas
Basic data
Country Brazil
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Uberaba
Diocesan bishop Cláudio Nori Sturm OFMCap
founding 1955
surface 35,416 km²
Parishes 42 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 631,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 489,000 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 77.5%
Diocesan priest 68 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 13 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 6,037
Permanent deacons 1 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 17 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 45 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua
Website http://www.diocesedepatosdeminas.org.br/index.php

The Diocese of Patos de Minas ( Latin Dioecesis Patensis , Portuguese Diocese de Patos de Minas ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Patos de Minas in the state of Minas Gerais .

history

The diocese of Patos de Minas was founded on April 5, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from cessions of territory by the Diocese of Uberaba .

It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Uberaba as a suffragan .

Bishops of Patos de Minas

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