Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana (Latin: Archidioecesis Marianensis, Portuguese: Arquidiocese de Mariana) is an archdiocese based in the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.^[1]

Archdiocese of Mariana Archidioecesis Marianensis Arquidiocese de Mariana

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption, Mariana
Location
Country	Brazil
Statistics
Area	22,680 km² (8,760 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 1,274,000 (est.) 1,069,000 (est.) (83.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	6 December 1745 (278 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção
Secular priests	171 (diocesan) 24 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Airton José dos Santos
Website
www.arqmariana.com.br

Regional CNBB Leste 2.

Map of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana.

Geography edit

The archdiocese owns the parishes in seventy nine municipalities in four main regions in the state of Minas Gerais.^[2]

Intermediate Geographic Region of Belo Horizonte edit

One region at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Belo Horizonte.

Five municipalities.

Immediate Geographic Region of Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto edit

Five municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto.

Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena edit

Two regions at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.

Twenty eight municipalities.

Forty five municipalities.

Immediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora edit

Two municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora.

Immediate Geographic Region of Carangola edit

One municipality at the Immediate Geographic Region of Carangola.

Pedra Bonita

Immediate Geographic Region of Manhuaçu edit

Two municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Manhuaçu.

Immediate Geographic Region of Viçosa edit

Sixteen municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Viçosa.

Immediate Geographic Region of Ponte Nova edit

Seventeen municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Ponte Nova.

Immediate Geographic Region of Ubá edit

Seven municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Ubá.

Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga edit

One region at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga.

One municipality.

Immediate Geographic Region of Caratinga edit

One municipality at the Immediate Geographic Region of Caratinga.

Raul Soares

History edit

On 6 December 1745 the Diocese of Mariana was established with territory taken from the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.^{[citation needed]}

In 1748, after release from prison, formerly enslaved prostitute Rosa Egipcíaca began to preach to crowds about her religious visions. In 1749 she was accused of witchcraft by the Bishop of Mariana and whipped in Vila de Mariana as a punishment.^[3] This punishment paralysed the right side of her body for the rest of her life.^[4] Egipcíaca became the first black woman in Brazil to write book, which was entitled Sagrada Teologia do Amor Divino das Almas Peregrinas.^[5]

On 1 May 1906 it was promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana.^{[citation needed]} By 2013 there was one priest for every 5,482 Catholics.^{[citation needed]}

Special churches edit

Minor Basilicas:
- Catedral Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Mariana
- Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus, Congonhas do Campo
- Basílica Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Conselheiro Lafaiete
- Basílica São José Operário, Barbacena
- Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Pilar Ouro Preto

Archdiocesan Sanctuaries edit

- Santuário Santa Rita de Cássia, Viçosa
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora das Graças, Urucânia
- Santuário de Santana do Deserto (Distrito de Santana do Deserto), Rio Doce
- Santuário de São Sebastião, Raul Soares
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Mariana
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Ouro Preto
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Itabirito
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Barbacena
- Santuário de São Judas Tadeu, Conselheiro Lafaiete
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora das Graças, Catas Altas da Noruega
- Santuário Nossa Senhora Mãe dos Homens (Santuário do Caraça), Catas Altas
- Santuário Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Senador Firmino
- Santuário São João Batista, Barão de Cocais
- Santuário Bom Jesus do Bacalhau, Piranga

Bishops edit

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order edit

Archbishops of Mariana (Roman rite), below
- Airton José dos Santos (2018.04.25 – currently)
- Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (2007.04.11 – 2018.04.25)
- Luciano Mendes de Almeida, S.J. (1988.04.06 – 2006.08.27)
- Oscar de Oliveira (1960.04.25 – 1988.04.06)
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1922.11.10 – 1960.04.25)
- Silvério Gomes Pimenta (1906.05.01 – 1922.09.01)
Bishops of Mariana (Roman Rite), below
- Silvério Gomes Pimenta (later Archbishop) (1897.12.03 – 1906.05.01)
- Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides (1877.06.25 – 1896.07.15)
- Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. (1844.01.12 – 1875.08.05)^[6]
- Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura (1840 – 1840)^[7]
- José da Santíssima Trindade Leite, O.F.M. (1819.09.27 – 1835.09.28)^[8]
- Cypriano de São José, O.F.M. (1797.07.24 – 1817.08.14)^[9]
- Domingos da Encarnação Pontevel, O.P. (1779.03.01 – 1795.06.16)^[10]
- Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis (孟主教) (1773.03.08 – 1778.08.28)^[11]
- Joaquim Borges de Figueroa (later Archbishop) (1771.06.17 – 1773.03.08)^[12]
- Manoel da Cruz Nogueira, O.Cist. (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03)^[13]

Coadjutor bishops edit

Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1922)
Oscar de Oliveira (1959-1960)

Auxiliary bishops edit

Silvério Gomes Pimenta (1890-1896), appointed Bishop here
Modesto Augusto Vieira (1914-1916)
Antônio Augusto de Assis (1918-1931) (appointed Archbishop (personal title) when appointed Auxiliary Bishop here); appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Jaboticabal, São Paulo
Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves (1947-1958), appointed Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit

Silvério Gomes Pimenta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais in 1890
Joaquim Silvério de Souza, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantina in 1901
Prudêncio Gomes da Silva, appointed Bishop of Goias in 1908
Modesto Augusto Vieira, appointed Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso in 1911
José Maria Parreira Lara, appointed Bishop of Amazonas on March 27, 1924, and then Bishop of Santos, São Paulo on December 18, 1924
Aristides de Araújo Porto, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais in 1931
Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais in 1932; future Cardinal
Rodolfo das Merces de Oliveira Pena, appointed Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia in 1935
Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais in 1947
José Alves de Sá Trindade, appointed Bishop of Bomfim, Bahia in 1948
Oscar de Oliveira, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais in 1954
José Francisco Versiani Velloso, appointed Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias in 1966
José Heleno, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais in 1976
Hélio Gonçalves Heleno, appointed Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais in 1978
Geraldo Majela Reis, appointed Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul in 1978
José Belvino do Nascimento, appointed Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias in 1981
Francisco Barroso Filho, appointed Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais in 1983
José Eudes Campos do Nascimento, appointed Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais in 2012
Geovane Luís da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2016
Walter Jorge Pinto, appointed Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana in 2019
Valter Magno de Carvalho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Bahia in 2020
Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa, appointed Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo in 2021
Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues, appointed Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais in 2023

Suffragan dioceses edit

References edit

^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^ Parábola, Agência. "Paróquias". Arquidiocese de Mariana - MG. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
^ "Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade". enslaved.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
^ "Egipcíaca, Rosa | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
^ Martins, Ana Margarida (2019). "Teresa Margarida da Silva Orta (1711–1793): A Minor Transnational of the Brown Atlantic". Portuguese Studies. 35 (2): 136–53. doi:10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136. ISSN 0267-5315. JSTOR 10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136. S2CID 213802402.
^ Gams, p. 136.
^ Approved by Pope Gregory XVI on 17 December 1840. Gams, p. 136.
^ Leite was presented by the King on 13 May 1818, approved by Pope Pius VII on 9 September 1819, and consecrated on 9 April 1820. Gams, p. 136.
^ Cypriano de São José was born in Lisbon. He was a lecturer in philosophy and theology in houses of his Order, and became a Conciniator in the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Bemposta. He became a Master of Theology (1795). He was Visitor General of his Order in the Province of San Antonio on three occasions. He was presented as Bishop of Mariana by the Queen, and approved by Pope Pius VI on 24 July 1797. Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 6.
^ Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 5.
^ Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 4.
^ Figuera was born in Lisbon, and became Doctor in utroque iure at the University of Coimbra. He served as judge in the Apostolic Nunciature in Portugal. He was presented to the bishopric by the King on 21 March 1771, and approved by Pope Clement XIV on 17 June 1771. He was promoted to the Archdiocese of Bahia on 8 March 1773. Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 3.
^ Nogueira was Master of Theology (1726), and was named Abbot of Coimbra. He was Definitor and Master of Novices at the monastery of Santa Maria Alcobacensis. He then became bishop of São Luís de Maranhão (1738-1745). He was presented to the bishopric of Mariana by the King on 1 September 1745, and approved by Pope Benedict XIV on 15 December 1745. Ritzler, VI, p. 268 and p. 276 with note 2.

Sources edit

Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

External links edit

GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy
Archdiocese website (Portuguese)

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[1] "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

[2] Parábola, Agência. "Paróquias". Arquidiocese de Mariana - MG. Retrieved 2023-02-22.

[:1-3] "Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade". enslaved.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

[:0-4] "Egipcíaca, Rosa | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

[5] Martins, Ana Margarida (2019). "Teresa Margarida da Silva Orta (1711–1793): A Minor Transnational of the Brown Atlantic". Portuguese Studies. 35 (2): 136–53. doi:10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136. ISSN 0267-5315. JSTOR 10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136. S2CID 213802402.

[6] Gams, p. 136.

[7] Approved by Pope Gregory XVI on 17 December 1840. Gams, p. 136.

[8] Leite was presented by the King on 13 May 1818, approved by Pope Pius VII on 9 September 1819, and consecrated on 9 April 1820. Gams, p. 136.

[9] Cypriano de São José was born in Lisbon. He was a lecturer in philosophy and theology in houses of his Order, and became a Conciniator in the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Bemposta. He became a Master of Theology (1795). He was Visitor General of his Order in the Province of San Antonio on three occasions. He was presented as Bishop of Mariana by the Queen, and approved by Pope Pius VI on 24 July 1797. Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 6.

[10] Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 5.

[11] Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 4.

[12] Figuera was born in Lisbon, and became Doctor in utroque iure at the University of Coimbra. He served as judge in the Apostolic Nunciature in Portugal. He was presented to the bishopric by the King on 21 March 1771, and approved by Pope Clement XIV on 17 June 1771. He was promoted to the Archdiocese of Bahia on 8 March 1773. Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 3.

[13] Nogueira was Master of Theology (1726), and was named Abbot of Coimbra. He was Definitor and Master of Novices at the monastery of Santa Maria Alcobacensis. He then became bishop of São Luís de Maranhão (1738-1745). He was presented to the bishopric of Mariana by the King on 1 September 1745, and approved by Pope Benedict XIV on 15 December 1745. Ritzler, VI, p. 268 and p. 276 with note 2.

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