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Diocese of

Divinópolis

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Divinópolis / Divinopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belo Horizonte

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (74)

Luz (↖), Sete Lagoas (↗), Belo Horizonte (→), Oliveira (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.19 – ...):Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva (51)Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Divinópolis (Roman Rite)

Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva (51)Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva (51)
(2023.04.19 – ...)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Sit amoris officium

Born:1971.06.21 (Carandaí, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1997.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:2017.03.25

Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia (2016.12.21 – 2023.04.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2016.12.21 – 2023.04.19)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (2023.04.19 – ...)

Archbishop José Carlos de Souza Campos (55)Bishop José Carlos de Souza Campos (55) (later Archbishop)
(2014.02.26 – 2022.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Aspicientes in Jesum

Born:1968.03.03 (Itaúna, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1993.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:2014.05.25

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (2014.02.26 – 2022.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (2022.12.14 – ...)

Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos (69)Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos (69)
(2009.02.11 – 2012.08.01)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil)

Spe salvi

Born:1954.02.27 (Niterói, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1978.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:2009.04.18

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (2009.02.11 – 2012.08.01)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil) (2012.08.01 – ...)

Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento
(1989.02.27 – 2009.02.11)

Fide in Fidem

Born:1932.12.29 (Mercês, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1956.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:1981.09.29
Died:2019.01.08 († 86)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1981.06.27 – 1987.02.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1987.02.06 – 1989.02.27)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1989.02.27 – 2009.02.11)

Bishop José Costa Campos
(1979.03.26 – 1989.02.27)

Born:1918.08.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1941.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:1961.02.24
Died:1997.07.10 († 78)

Bishop of Valença (Brazil) (1960.12.09 – 1979.03.26)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1979.03.26 – 1989.02.27)

Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena
(1959.02.19 – 1979.03.26)

Born:1913.08.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1937.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1959.05.17
Died:2000.08.02 († 86)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1959.02.19 – 1979.03.26)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil) (1971 – 1974)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 8,224 km²

Population: 715,200 Catholics (85.3% of 838,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 54 parishes, 114 priests (92 diocesan, 22 religious), 109 lay religious (27 brothers, 82 sisters), 24 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.19

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