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Diocese of

Leopoldina

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Leopoldina / Leopoldinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Juiz de Fora

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (64)

Juiz de Fora (←), Mariana (↖), Caratinga (↑), Campos (→), Nova Friburgo (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.10.30 – ...):Bishop Edson José Oriolo dos Santos (58)Bishop Edson José Oriolo dos Santos (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Leopoldina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edson José Oriolo dos Santos (58)Bishop Edson José Oriolo dos Santos (58)
(2019.10.30 – ...)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

Evangelizare misericordiæ divitias

Born:1964.09.18 (Itajubá, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1990.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:2015.07.11

Titular Bishop of Segia (2015.04.15 – 2019.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2015.04.15 – 2019.10.30)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (2019.10.30 – ...)

Bishop José Eudes Campos do Nascimento (57)Bishop José Eudes Campos do Nascimento (57)
(2012.06.27 – 2018.12.12)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil)

Servus in caritate

Born:1966.04.30 (Barbacena, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1995.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:2012.09.15

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (2012.06.27 – 2018.12.12)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (2018.12.12 – ...)

Archbishop Dario Campos, O.F.M. (74)Bishop Dario Campos, O.F.M. (74) (later Archbishop)
(2004.06.23 – 2011.04.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil)

Nas tuas mãos

Born:1948.06.09 (Castelo, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1977.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:2000.09.26

Coadjutor Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2000.07.05 – 2001.08.08)

Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2001.08.08 – 2004.06.23)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (2004.06.23 – 2011.04.27)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2011.04.27 – 2018.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2018.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M.
(1998.06.24 – 2003.07.09)

Crux Dei Virtus Est

Born:1944.09.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1969.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:1998.08.28
Died:2018.01.19 († 73)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1998.06.24 – 2003.07.09)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2003.07.09 – 2010.05.26)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (2010.05.26 – 2018.01.19)

Bishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. (later Archbishop)
(1990.03.14 – 1996.10.16)

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)

Bishop Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes
(1985.08.05 – 1989.05.10)

Silentio et spe

Born:1929.10.09 (Itapecerica, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1985.11.09
Died:2020.03.11 (Itapecerica, MG, Brazil † 90)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1985.08.05 – 1989.05.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1989.05.10 – 2004.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Ploaghe (1989.05.10 – 2020.03.11)

Bishop Geraldo Ferreira Reis
(1961.06.16 – 1985.08.05)

Cum sanctis tuis

Born:1911.10.01 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1936.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:1961.08.24
Died:1995.06.22 († 83)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1961.06.16 – 1985.08.05)

Bishop Delfim Ribeiro Guedes
(1943.06.26 – 1960.07.23)

Contra spem in spem

Born:1908.05.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1931.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:1943.10.03
Died:1985.02.23 († 76)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1943.06.26 – 1960.07.23)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (1960.07.23 – 1983.12.07)

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Statistics

Area: 8,491 km²

Population: 440,450 Catholics (70.4% of 625,300 total) (2020)

Statistics: 61 parishes, 438 missions, 70 priests (63 diocesan, 7 religious), 60 lay religious (14 brothers, 46 sisters), 14 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Imaculado Coração de Maria, Saint Antonio María Claret y Clará (October 24)

History

Last updated on 2023.06.05

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