- 1929.03.01: Established as Territorial Prelature of Paracatu / Paracatuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Montes Claros and Diocese of Uberaba)
- 1957.06.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Januária
- 1962.04.14: Promoted as Diocese of Paracatu / Paracatuen(sis) (Latin)
Ordinaries
| Bishops of Paracatu (Roman Rite) |
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 Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. (58)
(2012.11.07 – ...)
Totus Dei
| Born: | 1955.04.23 (Brazil) |
| Ordained Priest: | 1985.08.10 |
| Consecrated Bishop: | 2008.08.10 |
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Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (2008.05.21 – 2012.11.07)
Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (2012.11.07 – ...)
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 Bishop Leonardo de Miranda Pereira (76)
(1986.05.06 – 2012.11.07)
In viam pacis
| Born: | 1936.05.31 (Brazil) |
| Ordained Priest: | 1959.12.08 |
| Consecrated Bishop: | 1986.08.09 |
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Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (1986.05.06 – 2012.11.07)
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 Bishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. (79) (later Archbishop)
(1979.03.29 – 1985.04.02)
In obsequio Jesu Christi
| Born: | 1933.06.30 (Brazil) |
| Ordained Priest: | 1957.04.28 |
| Consecrated Bishop: | 1979.05.27 |
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Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (1979.03.29 – 1985.04.02)
Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1985.04.02 – 2009.07.01)
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Bishop Raimundo Luí, O. Carm.
(1962.06.11 – 1977.07.20)
| Born: | 1912.07.22 (Brazil) |
| Ordained Priest: | 1939.12.08 |
| Consecrated Bishop: | 1962.07.29 |
| Died: | 1994.08.10 († 82) |
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Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (1962.06.11 – 1977.07.20)
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| Prelates of Paracatu (Roman Rite) |
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Bishop Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm.
(1940.05.25 – 1962.04.14)
| Born: | 1880.12.29 (Netherlands) |
| Ordained Priest: | 1905.06.17 |
| Consecrated Bishop: | 1940.10.27 |
| Died: | 1966.01.25 († 85) |
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Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu (Brazil) (1929 – 1940.05.25)
Bishop-Prelate of Paracatu (Brazil) (1940.05.25 – 1962.04.14)
Titular Bishop of Gor (1940.05.25 – 1966.01.25)
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Fr. Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1929 – 1940.05.25)
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as of 2013.05.03
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