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Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Area: 25,376 km²
Population: 316,094 Catholics (65.8% of 480,595 total) (2017)
Statistics: 49 parishes, 700 missions, 50 priests (39 diocesan, 11 religious), 71 lay religious (25 brothers, 46 sisters), 14 seminarians (2017)
Ecclesiastical Province: Diamantina
Neighbouring Dioceses: Guanhães (↙), Diamantina (←), Araçuaí (↖), Almenara (↑), Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (→), São Mateus (↘), Governador Valadares (↓)
Depends on: Congregation for Bishops
Patron Saint: Imaculada Conceição (December 8)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
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as of 2019.11.30
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