Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
| Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães Geovane Luís da Silva Vicente de Paula Ferreira CSsR |
| Vicar General | Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães Judas Tadeu Vivas |
| founding | 1921 |
| surface | 7,222 km² |
| Parishes | 277 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 5,110,678 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 3,578,000 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 70% |
| Diocesan priest | 368 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 288 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,454 |
| Permanent deacons | 64 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 668 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 740 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem |
| Website | www.arquidiocese-bh.org.br |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Divinópolis Diocese of Luz Diocese of Oliveira Diocese of Sete Lagoas |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte ( lat. : Archidioecesis Bellohorizontinus ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The diocese of Belo Horizonte was founded on February 11, 1921 by Pope Benedict XV. built from the cession of the Archdiocese of Mariana and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On February 1, 1924, the diocese of Belo Horizonte was raised to an archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte gave up on December 20, 1940 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Oliveira . Further territorial assignments took place on July 16, 1955 to found the diocese of Sete Lagoas and on July 11, 1958 to found the diocese of Divinópolis .
Bishops of Belo Horizonte
Bishops
- Antônio dos Santos Cabral , 1921-1924
Archbishops
- Antônio dos Santos Cabral, 1924-1967
- João Resende Costa SDB , 1967–1986
- Serafím Cardinal Fernandes de Araújo , 1986-2004
- Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo , since 2004
See also
Web links
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