Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros
Archdiocese of Montes Claros Archidioecesis Montisclarensis | |
|---|---|
 The Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 45,450 km2 (17,550 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 732,679 549,509 (75.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 10 December 1910 (113 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Apparition Cathedral, Montes Claros |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | José Carlos de Souza Campos |
| Bishops emeritus | José Alberto Moura, C.S.S. |
| Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisclarensis) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil.[1]
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida, dedicated to Our Lady of Aparecida, in the city of Montes Claros.
Ecclesiastical province
[edit]Its Suffragan dioceses are all three daughter sees :
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Janaúba
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Januária
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Paracatu
History
[edit]- Established on December 10, 1910 as Diocese of Montes Claros, on territory split off from the Diocese of Diamantina
- Lost territory repeatedly, to establish its future suffragans : on 1929.03.01 the then Territorial Prelature of Paracatu, on 1957.06.15 the Diocese of Januária and on 2000.07.05 the Diocese of Janaúba.
- Promoted on April 25, 2001 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
Statistics
[edit]As per 2014, it pastorally served 664,000 Catholics (81.2% of 818,000 total) on 45,520 km2 in 60 parishes and 2 missions with 108 priests (74 diocesan, 34 religious), 21 deacons, 163 lay religious (58 brothers, 105 sisters) and 22 seminarians .
Bishops
[edit]Episcopal ordinaries
[edit]- ? Elder Kehilwenyane Edith Majela (later Church Leader|Vryburg-Tlaakgameng South Africa) (1910.03.07 – 1986.08.23)
- Bishops of Montes Claros
- João Antônio Pimenta (later Bishop) (1911.03.07 – death 1943.07.20), previously Titular Bishop of Pentacomia (1906.02.21 – 1911.03.07) as Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1906.02.21 – 1911.03.07)
- Aristides de Araújo Porto (1943.07.20 – death 1947.04.07), succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (1931.05.08 – 1943.07.20) and Titular Bishop of Theveste (1931.05.08 – 1943.07.20)
- Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior (1948.09.29 – 1951.11.17), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1951.11.17 – 1960.04.23), Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1960.04.23 – retired 1979.04.19), died 1984
- Luís Victor Sartori (1952.03.04 – resigned 1956.01.10), next Titular Bishop of Celerina (1956.01.10 – 1960.09.14) as Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Maria (1956.01.10 – 1960.09.14), succeeding as Bishop of Santa Maria (1960.09.14 – death 1970.04.10)
- José Alves de Sà Trindade (1956.05.27 – retired 1988.06.01), previously Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1948.09.04 – 1956.05.27); died 2005
- Geraldo Majela de Castro, Norbertines (O. Praem.) (1988.06.01 – 2001.04.25), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros (1982.06.15 – see elevated 1988.06.01 see below)
- Archbishops of Montes Claros
- Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem. (see above 2001.04.25 – retired 2007.02.07)
- José Alberto Moura, C.S.S. (7 February 2007 – 21 November 2018), previously Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata (1982.02.04 – 1988.02.01), Coadjutor Bishop of Uberlândia (Brazil) (1990.04.18 – 1992.12.23) succeeding as Bishop of Uberlândia (1992.12.23 – 2007.02.07)
- João Justino de Medeiros Silva (21 November 2018 – present), previously Titular Bishop of Tullia (2011.12.21 – 2017.02.22) as Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2011.12.21 – 2017.02.22)
Coadjutor bishops
[edit]- Aristides de Araújo Porto (1931-1943)
- Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. (1982-1988)
- João Justino de Medeiros Silva (2017-2018)
References
[edit]- ^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
Sources and external links
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