Diocese of Patos de Minas
| 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
- José André Coimbra , 1955–1968
- Jorge Scarso OFMCap , 1968-1992
- João Bosco Oliver de Faria , 1992–2007, then Archbishop of Diamantina
- Cláudio Nori Sturm OFMCap, since 2008