roman, catholic, diocese, paracatu, latin, dioecesis, paracatuensis, diocese, located, city, paracatu, ecclesiastical, province, montes, claros, brazil, diocese, paracatudioecesis, paracatuensislocationcountrybrazilecclesiastical, provincemontes, clarosstatist. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paracatu Latin Dioecesis Paracatuensis is a diocese located in the city of Paracatu in the ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros in Brazil 1 Diocese of ParacatuDioecesis ParacatuensisLocationCountryBrazilEcclesiastical provinceMontes ClarosStatisticsArea54 387 km2 20 999 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 300 000234 000 78 0 InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished1 March 1929 95 years ago CathedralCatedral Santo AntonioCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopJorge Alves Bezerra S S S Metropolitan ArchbishopJoao Justino de Medeiros SilvaBishops emeritusLeonardo de Miranda Pereira Regional CNBB Leste 2 Contents 1 History 2 Bishops 2 1 Ordinaries 2 2 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop 3 ReferencesHistory edit1 March 1929 Established as Territorial Prelature of Paracatu from the Diocese of Montes Claros and Diocese of Uberaba 14 April 1962 Promoted as Diocese of ParacatuBishops editOrdinaries edit Prelates of Paracatu Roman Rite Eliseu Van de Weijer O Carm 25 May 1940 14 April 1962 Resigned Bishops of Paracatu Roman rite Raimundo Lui O Carm 11 June 1962 20 July 1977 Resigned Jose Cardoso Sobrinho O Carm 29 March 1979 2 April 1985 Appointed Archbishop of Olinda e Recife Pernambuco nbsp Map of the diocese Leonardo de Miranda Pereira 6 May 1986 7 November 2012 Resigned Jorge Alves Bezerra S S S 7 November 2012 present Other priest of this diocese who became bishop edit nbsp Divisions of the diocese Benedito Goncalves dos Santos appointed Bishop of Presidente Prudente Sao Paulo in 2008References edit CNBB Leste 2 CNNB Leste 2 Retrieved 2023 02 19 GCatholic org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website Portuguese nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Brazil is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Paracatu amp oldid 1197855732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
