The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares ( la, Dioecesis Valadarensis) is a

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located in the city of

Governador Valadares Governador Valadares is a Brazilian municipality in the countryside of Minas Gerais. In 2020, its population was 281,046 inhabitants, thus being the ninth most populated city in the state. It is an economical axis of the middle valley of the Doce R ...

in the

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in Brazil.

History

On 1 February 1956

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established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the

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, the Diocese of Caratinga and the

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Diamantina ( la, Archidioecesis Adamantina) is an archdiocese located in the city of Diamantina, Minas Gerais in Brazil. History * June 6, 1854: Established as Diocese of Diamantina from the Diocese of Marian ...

Bishops

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s of Governador Valadares (

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) ** Hermínio Malzone Hugo (1957.01.29 – 1977.12.07) **

José Gonçalves Heleno Jose Gonçalves Heleno (3 November 1927 – 1 September 2021) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He was first appointed a coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares from 1976 to 1977. He then served as the Bishop o ...

(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. (2001.12.19 – 2014.03.06) **

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(2014.03.06 -

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Emanuel Messias de Oliveira, 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 {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub