Diocese of Sete Lagoas
| Diocese of Sete Lagoas | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Cota de Oliveira |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Guilherme Porto Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral |
| founding | 1955 |
| surface | 12,152 km² |
| Parishes | 41 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 476,894 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 379,257 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 79.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 51 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6.321 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 19 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| Website | www.diocesedesetelagoas.com.br |
The Diocese of Sete Lagoas ( Latin Dioecesis Septemlacunensis , Portuguese Diocese de Sete Lagoas ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Sete Lagoas in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese of Sete Lagoas was founded on July 16, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Clementissimi Servatoris from cessions of territory from the Archdioceses of Belo Horizonte and Diamantina and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte as a suffragan .
Bishops of Sete Lagoas
- José de Almeida Batista Pereira , 1955–1964, then Bishop of Guaxupé
- Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves , 1964-1980
- José de Lima , 1981-1999
- Guilherme Porto , 1999-2017
- Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral , 2017–2020
- Francisco Cota de Oliveira , since 2020
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Sete Lagoas - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the diocese of Sete Lagoas on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on June 10, 2020.
- Homepage of the Diocese of Sete Lagoas (Portuguese)