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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 7,980 km²
Population: 257,500 Catholics (87.3% of 295,000 total) (2018)
Statistics: 30 parishes, 53 priests (44 diocesan, 9 religious), 1 deacon, 37 lay religious (22 brothers, 15 sisters), 12 seminarians (2018)
Ecclesiastical Province: Belo Horizonte
Neighbouring Dioceses: Campanha (↙), Luz (↖), Divinópolis (↑), Belo Horizonte (↗), Mariana (→), São João del Rei (↘)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19), Saint Sebastian (January 20)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2021.02.12
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