The Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí ( la, Dioecesis Arassuahyensis) is a

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located in the city of

Araçuaí Araçuaí is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais in the Jequitinhonha River valley. The Araçuaí River, a tributary of the Jequitinhonha, flows through it. Its population was estimated to be 36,712 peop ...

in the

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in Brazil. According to biographical information contained in the

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and

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's (VIS) daily bulletins (in the section regarding episcopal appointments) for Wednesday, June 13, 2012,

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appointed the Reverend Father Marcello Romano, a member of the clergy of, and at the time the Diocesan Administrator of, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanhaes, as the ninth Bishop of Araçuaí. For more information on the then Bishop-elect of this Diocese, please see the two news releases.

History

* August 25, 1913: Established as Diocese of Araçuaí from the Diocese of Diamantina

Bishops

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s of Araçuaí (Latin Rite) **

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(1914.03.12 – 1934.05.26), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais ** José de Haas, O.F.M. (1937.03.20 – 1956.08.01) ** José Maria Pires (1957.05.25 – 1965.12.02), appointed Archbishop of Paraíba ** Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro (1966.06.27 – 1973.11.10) ** Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. (1975.01.04 – 1981.08.18), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo ** Crescênzio Rinaldini (1982.05.10 – 2001.08.08) **

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, O.F.M. (2001.08.08 – 2004.06.23), appointed Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop ** Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (2005.05.11 – 2011.07.06), appointed Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina ** Marcello Romano (2012.06.13 - 2020.03.25)

Coadjutor bishop

, O.F.M. (2000-2001)

References

GCatholic.org

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