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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina ( la, Dioecesis Leopoldinensis) is a
diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
located in the city of Leopoldina in the
Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
of
Juiz de Fora Juiz de Fora (, '' Outsider Judge''), also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately from the state border with Rio de Janeiro. According to 2020 estimates the current population is about 57 ...
in Brazil.


History

* March 8, 1942: Established as Diocese of Leopoldina from the Diocese of Juiz de Fora and
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana ( la, Archidioecesis Marianensis, pt, Arquidiocese de Mariana) is an archdiocese based in the city of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. History On 6 December 1745 th ...


Bishops

*
Edson José Oriolo dos Santos Edson may refer to: Places Canada * Edson, Alberta United States * Edson, Kansas, an unincorporated community * Edson, South Dakota, a ghost town * Edson, Wisconsin, a town ** Edson (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community People ...
(30 October 2019) * José Eudes Campos do Nascimento (2012.06.27 - 2018.12.12), appointed Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais * Dario Campos, O.F.M. (2004.06.23 – 2011.04.27), appointed Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo; future Archbishop *
Célio de Oliveira Goulart Célio de Oliveira Goulart, OFM ( Piracema, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 14 September 1944 – São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, 19 January 2018) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the dioceses of Leopoldina, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim and São João del-Rei ...
, O.F.M. (1998.06.24 – 2003.07.09), appointed Bishop of Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo * Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho,
O. Praem. The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their religious habit, habit), is a religious order of canon ...
(1990.03.14 – 1996.10.16), appointed Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais * Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes (1985.08.05 – 1989.05.10) * Geraldo Ferreira Reis (1961.06.16 – 1985.08.05) * Delfim Ribeiro Guedes (1943.06.26 – 1960.07.23), appointed Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais


References


GCatholic.org


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