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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Uberaba

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Area: 26,560 km²

Population: 443,942 Catholics (63.3% of 701,080 total) (2020)

Statistics: 61 parishes, 179 missions, 76 priests (63 diocesan, 13 religious), 41 deacons, 98 lay religious (25 brothers, 73 sisters), 15 seminarians (2020)

Suffragan Sees: Ituiutaba, Patos de Minas, Uberlândia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Barretos (↙), São José do Rio Preto (↙), Ituiutaba (↖), Uberlândia (↑), Patos de Minas (↗), Luz (→), Franca (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 15 (1984)

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History

Special Churches

All Churches (68)

Barretos (↙), São José do Rio Preto (↙), Ituiutaba (↖), Uberlândia (↑), Patos de Minas (↗), Luz (→), Franca (↓)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.03.07 – ...):Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (71)Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (71)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Uberaba (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (71)Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (71)Permalink
(2012.03.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Para o serviço à vida

Born:1951.02.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1979.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:2006.02.25

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2005.12.07 – 2012.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (2012.03.07 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Formosa (Brazil) (2018.03.21 – 2019.02.27)

Archbishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I.Permalink
(1996.02.28 – 2012.03.07)

Christus Dominus

Born:1936.06.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1983.04.21
Died:2014.04.26 († 77)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (1988.11.09 – 1991.05.15)

Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (1991.05.15 – 1996.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1996.02.28 – 2012.03.07)

Archbishop Benedito de Ulhôa VieiraPermalink
(1978.07.14 – 1996.02.28)

In Nomine Domini

Born:1920.10.09 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1948.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1972.01.25
Died:2014.08.03 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Bitetto (1971.11.29 – 1978.07.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.07.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1978.07.14 – 1996.02.28)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1983 – 1987)

Archbishop Alexandre Gonçalves do AmaralPermalink
(1962.04.14 – 1978.07.14)

Born:1906.06.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1929.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1939.10.29
Died:2002.02.05 († 95)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1939.08.05 – 1962.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1962.04.14 – 1978.07.14)

Bishops of Uberaba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1939.08.05 – 1962.04.14)

(see above)

Bishop Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap.Permalink
(1929.08.02 – 1938.04.12)

Omnia et in omnibus Christus

Born:1886.03.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1909.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:1929.10.04
Died:1946.05.05 († 60)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1929.08.02 – 1938.04.12)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1938.04.12 – 1946.05.05)

Bishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1924.07.04 – 1928.12.17)

Sub umbra alarum tuarum

Born:1886.02.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1912.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:1925.02.11
Died:1974.08.15 († 88)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1924.07.04 – 1928.12.17)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1931.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1931.07.10 – 1941.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1941.07.19 – 1963.02.16)

Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus (1963.02.16 – 1971.03.16)

Bishop José Tupinambá da FrotaPermalink
(1923.04.06 – 1924.03.10)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:1882.09.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1905.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1916.06.29
Died:1959.09.25 († 77)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1916.01.24 – 1923.04.06)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1923.04.06 – 1924.03.10)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1924.03.10 – 1959.09.25)

Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1907.11.06 – 1923.05.14)

Born:1852.05.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1874.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1891.02.02
Died:1924.10.16 († 72)

Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1891.01.16 – 1907.11.06)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1907.11.06 – 1923.05.14)

Archbishop ad personam (1923.05.14 – 1924.10.16)

Former Prelates

as of 2022.05.10

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