The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares ( la, Dioecesis Valadarensis) is a
diocese located in the city of
Governador Valadares in the
Ecclesiastical province of
Mariana in Brazil.
History
On 1 February 1956
Pope Pius XII
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established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the
Diocese of Araçuaí, the
Diocese of Caratinga
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caratinga ( la, Dioecesis Caratingensis) is a diocese located in the city of Caratinga in the Ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.
History
* 15 December 1915: Established as Diocese of Caratinga from the Di ...
and the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina.
Bishops
*
Bishops of Governador Valadares (
Latin Church)
**
Hermínio Malzone Hugo (1957.01.29 – 1977.12.07)
**
José Gonçalves Heleno (1977.12.07 – 2001.04.25)
**
Werner Franz Siebenbrock
Werner Franz Siebenbrock Society of the Divine Word, S.V.D. (27 September 1937 – 24 December 2019) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.
Siebenbrock was born in Germany and was ordained to the priesthood in 1965. He served as titular bishop ...
,
S.V.D.
The Society of the Divine Word ( la, Societas Verbi Divini), abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Ri ...
(2001.12.19 – 2014.03.06)
**
Antônio Carlos Félix
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(2014.03.06 -
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Emanuel Messias de Oliveira
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* Emanuel (name), a given name and surname (see there for a list of people with this name)
* Emanuel School, Australia, Sydney, Australia
* Emanuel School, Battersea, London, England
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, appointed Bishop of Guanhães in 1998
References
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1956
Governador Valadares, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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