The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba ( la, Dioecesis Ituiutabensis) is a

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located in the city of Ituiutaba in the

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Uberaba Uberaba () is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, southeast Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at above sea level on the Uberaba River, and away from the state capital, Belo Horizonte. The city status was granted in 1856, and i ...

in Brazil.

History

* 16 October 1982: Established as Diocese of Ituiutaba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba and

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Bishops

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s of Ituiutaba (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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, S.C.J. (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop ** Bishop

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(1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22), appointed Bishop of São Carlos, São Paulo ** Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (2007.09.19 – 2015.09.30), appointed Bishop of Lins, São Paulo ** Bishop

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, O.F.M. (2016.11.30 - present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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, appointed Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul in 2013

References

GCatholic.org

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