Archdiocese of Montes Claros
| Archdiocese of Montes Claros | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | João Justino de Medeiros Silva |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Alberto Moura CSS |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 45,520 km² |
| Parishes | 63 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 832,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 675,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 81.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 78 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 40 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,720 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 99 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida |
| Website | arquimoc.com |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Janaúba Diocese of Januária Diocese of Paracatu |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros ( Latin Archidioecesis Montisclarensis , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Montes Claros ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Montes Claros in the state of Minas Gerais .
history
The Archdiocese of Montes Claros was established on December 10, 1910 by Pope Pius X with the Apostolic Constitution Postulat sane from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Diamantina as the diocese of Montes Claros . The diocese of Montes Claros was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mariana as a suffragan . On June 28, 1917, the diocese of Montes Claros was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Diamantina as a suffragan. The diocese of Montes Claros gave on March 1, 1929 parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Prelature Paracatu . Further assignments of territory took place on June 15, 1957 to establish the diocese of Januária and on July 5, 2000 to establish the diocese of Janaúba .
On April 25, 2001, the diocese of Montes Claros was raised to an archdiocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Maiori Christifidelium .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Montes Claros
- João Antônio Pimenta , 1911-1943
- Aristides de Araújo Porto , 1943–1947
- Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior , 1948–1951, then Archbishop of Olinda e Recife
- Luís Victor Sartori , 1952–1956, then coadjutor bishop of Santa Maria
- José Alves de Sà Trindade , 1956–1988
- Geraldo Majela de Castro OPraem , 1988-2001
Archbishops of Montes Claros
- Geraldo Majela de Castro OPraem, 2001-2007
- José Alberto Moura CSS , 2007–2018
- João Justino de Medeiros Silva , since 2018
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Montes Claros (Portuguese)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Montes Claros on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Maiori Christifidelium , AAS 93 (2001), n.7, p. 427f.