Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Pouso Alegre / de Pouso Alegre (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Campanha, Guaxupé
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.05.28 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil)
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Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.
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Archbishop João Bergese
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Archbishop José d’Angelo Neto
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Bishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop José d’Angelo Neto (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Oscar de Oliveira | ||||||||||
Bishop Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda
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Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis (later Archbishop)
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Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery
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Area: 12,620 km²
Population: 619,000 Catholics (75.6% of 818,600 total) (2020)
Statistics: 69 parishes, 1,132 missions, 142 priests (123 diocesan, 19 religious), 4 deacons, 231 lay religious (55 brothers, 176 sisters), 24 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint Sebastian (January 20), Senhor Bom Jesus (August 6)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 3 (1980)
Last updated on 2023.01.25
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