The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre ( la, Archidioecesis Pouso Alegre) is an

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located in the city of

Pouso Alegre Pouso Alegre is a municipality in southern region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, with a population of 152,549 in 2020. The area of the municipality is 543 km². It lies in the valley of the Sapucaí River. Cities that form boundaries with P ...

in Brazil.

History

On 4 August 1900,

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established the Diocese of Pouso Alegre from the Diocese of Mariana.

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elevated the diocese to the a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 14 April 1962.

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: **Basilica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Borda da Mata,

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Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

* Arch

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s of Pouso Alegre (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop José Luiz Majella Delgado (2014.05.28 – present) ** Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. (1996.10.16 – 2014.05.28) ** Archbishop

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(1991.05.05 – 1996.03.21) ** Archbishop José d’Angelo Neto (1962.04.14 – 1990.05.31), below * Bishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman Rite) ** Bishop José d’Angelo Neto (later Archbishop) (1960.03.12 – 1962.04.14) ** Bishop

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(1916.02.14 – 1959.10.29) ** Bishop

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(1909.11.29 – 1916.02.07), appointed Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop ** Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery (1901.05.18 – 1908.08.03), appointed Bishop of Campinas

Coadjutor bishop

* Oscar de Oliveira (1954-1959), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais

Auxiliary bishops

(1907-1909), appointed Bishop here *

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(1987-1992), appointed Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais *

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(2001-2005), appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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, appointed Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais in 2003 *

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, appointed Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais in 2013 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2015

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Campanha * Diocese of Guaxupé

Sources

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1900 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub