Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Pouso Alegre / de Pouso Alegre (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Campanha, Guaxupé

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Sebastian (January 20), Senhor Bom Jesus (August 6)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 3 (1980)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1900.08.04: Established as Diocese of Pouso Alegre / de Pouso Alegre (Latin) (from Diocese of Mariana and Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)
1906.05.01: Became suffragan of Mariana
1907.09.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Campanha
1916.02.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guaxupé
1962.04.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre / de Pouso Alegre (Latin) (with suffragan sees Campanha and Guaxupé)
1968.05.11: Gained suffragan see Claraval
2002.07.31: Lost suffragan see Claraval

Tweets

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.05.28 – ...):

Archbishop José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.SS.R. (70)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Luiz Majella Delgado, C.SS.R. (70)
(2014.05.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)

Per caritatem servire

Born:	1953.10.19 (Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1981.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.02.27

Bishop of Jataí (Brazil) (2009.12.16 – 2014.05.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (2014.05.28 – ...)

Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.
(1996.10.16 – 2014.05.28)

Caritas Christi Urget

Born:	1938.08.06 (Capelinha, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.04.21
Died:	2018.04.01 (Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil † 79)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1990.03.14 – 1996.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1996.10.16 – 2014.05.28)

Archbishop João Bergese
(1991.05.05 – 1996.03.21)

Vocati ad communionem

Born:	1935.09.13 (Savigliano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.04.05
Died:	1996.03.21 († 60)

Bishop of Guarulhos (Brazil) (1981.02.11 – 1991.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1991.05.05 – 1996.03.21)

Archbishop José d’Angelo Neto
(1962.04.14 – 1990.05.31)

Born:	1917.10.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1940.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.26
Died:	1990.05.31 († 72)

Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1960.03.12 – 1962.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1962.04.14 – 1990.05.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Campagna (Italy) (1982 – 1984)

Bishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman Rite)

Bishop José d’Angelo Neto (later Archbishop)
(1960.03.12 – 1962.04.14)

(see above)

Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira
(Apostolic Administrator 1959 – 1960.03.12)

Bishop Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda
(1916.02.14 – 1959.10.29)

Born:	1881.08.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1903.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.06.04
Died:	1959.10.29 († 78)

Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1916.02.14 – 1959.10.29)

Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis (later Archbishop)
(1909.11.29 – 1916.02.07)

Born:	1863.12.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1892.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.11.17
Died:	1961.02.07 († 97)

Titular Bishop of Sura (1907.07.10 – 1909.11.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1907.07.10 – 1909.11.29)

Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1909.11.29 – 1916.02.07)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1916.02.07 – 1918.08.02)

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis (1918.08.02 – 1922.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1918.08.02 – 1931.07.31)

Titular Archbishop of Beirut (Lebanon) (1922.02.24 – 1931.07.31)

Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1931.07.31 – 1961.02.07)

Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery
(1901.05.18 – 1908.08.03)

Spiritus Domini ductor

Born:	1863.10.06 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1886.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.11.01
Died:	1920.02.01 († 56)

Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil) (1896.08.29 – 1901.05.18)

Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1901.05.18 – 1908.08.03)

Bishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1908.08.03 – 1920.02.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Oscar de Oliveira (later Archbishop) (1954.05.25 – 1959.01.31)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis (later Archbishop) (1907.07.10 – 1909.11.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Francisco Rezende Dias (68) (later Archbishop) (2001.03.28 – 2005.03.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop João Bosco Óliver de Faria (84) (later Archbishop) (1987.08.05 – 1992.01.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Bom Jesus, Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Borda da Mata, Minas Gerais
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (71)

Bragança Paulista (↙), Amparo (↙), São João da Boa Vista (←), Guaxupé (↖), Campanha (↗), Lorena (↘), Aparecida (↘), Taubaté (↓), São José dos Campos (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,620 km²

Population: 619,700 Catholics (75.5% of 820,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 69 parishes, 1,132 missions

Personnel: 140 priests (122 diocesan, 18 religious), 5 deacons, 191 religious (19 brothers, 172 sisters), 26 seminarians