The Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del Rei ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Rege) is a

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in the

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of the Metropolitan of

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state,

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. Its (Marian)

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episcopal see is Catedral Basílica Nossa Senhora do Pilar, a

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, dedicated to

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, in the city of

São João del-Rei São João del-Rei, also spelled São João del Rey or São João del Rei, is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1713 in homage to King John V of Portugal, the city is famed for its historic Portuguese colonial arch ...

Geography

The diocese comprises 25 municipalities. According to the modern (2017) Brazilian geographic classification by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (

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), the municipalities belong to 5 immediate geographic regions, which themselves belong to 4 intermediate geographic regions.

Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena

Fifteen municipalities at the

Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena The Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena (code 3107) is one of the 13 intermediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 134 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) ...

Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei

Thirteen municipalities at the

Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei The Immediate Geographic Region of São João del-Rei is one of the 10 immediate geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of ...

. *

Conceição da Barra de Minas Conceição da Barra de Minas is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the m icroregion of Sao Joao del Rei. In 2020, the estimated population was 3,94 ...

Coronel Xavier Chaves Coronel Xavier Chaves is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of São João del-Rei. In 2021, the estimated population was 3,488. The mun ...

* Lagoa Dourada * Madre de Deus de Minas * Nazareno * Piedade do Rio Grande *

Prados Prados is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Sao Joao del Rei. In 2020, the estimated population was 9,080. Geography According t ...

* Resende Costa * Ritápolis * Santa Cruz de Minas * São Vicente de Minas *

Tiradentes Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (; 12 November 1746 – 21 April 1792), known as Tiradentes (), was a leading member of the colonial Brazilian revolutionary movement known as Inconfidência Mineira, whose aim was full independence from Po ...

Província Eclesiástica de Juiz de Fora, região CNBB Leste 2 (estado de Minas Gerais), Brasil

''Note: of the 14 municipalities in the

, only São Tiago belongs to an other diocese: the Diocese of Oliveira, in the

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Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (, ; ) is the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population around 2.7 million and with a metropolitan area of 6 million people. It is the 13th-largest city in South America and the 18th-largest in the Americas. The metropol ...

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Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena

Two municipalities at the

Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena The Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena is one of the 10 immediate geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 509 of ...

. * Barroso *

Dores de Campos Dores de Campos is a Brazilian municipality. It is about 40 kilometers from São João del Rey at BR-265. About 30% of active people work in its principal factory: Marluvas. As its neighbors cities, Dores de Campos is a point of Real Way (tr ...

Diocese de São João del-Rei, região CNBB Leste 2 (estado de Minas Gerais), Brasil

Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha

Eight municipalities at the

Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha The Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha (code 3108) is one of the 13 intermediate geographic regions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and one of the 134 of Brazil, created by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE ...

Immediate Geographic Region of Lavras

Eight municipalities at the

Immediate Geographic Region of Lavras The Immediate Geographic Region of Lavras is one of the 10 immediate Intermediate and Immediate Geographic Regions, geographic regions in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha, one of the 70 immediate geographic regions in the Brazilian ...

. *

Lavras Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,783 inhabitants (2020). The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6°C and ...

* Carrancas *

Ijaci Ijaci is a Brazilian municipality located in the south of the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras. The population in 2020 was 6,610 in a total area of 105 km². The re ...

Ingaí Ingaí is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras. See also * List of municipalities in Minas Gerais This is a list of the municipal ...

Luminárias Luminárias is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras. In 2020, the estimated population was 5,438. See also * List of municipaliti ...

Itutinga Itutinga is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras. In 2020, the estimated population was 3,768. See also * List of municipalities ...

Itumirim Itumirim is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Campo das Vertentes and to the microregion of Lavras. it has a population of 6,000. "Itumirim" is a term of Tupi origin meaning "lit ...

Ibituruna Ibituruna is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. Geography According to IBGE (2017), the municipality is in the Immediate Geographic Region of Lavras, in the Intermediate Geographic Region of Varginha. ...

Intermediate Geographic Region of Pouso Alegre

One municipality at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Pouso Alegre.

Immediate Geographic Region of Caxambu-Baependi

One municipality at the Immediate Geographic Region of Caxambu-Baependi. * Minduri

Intermediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora

One municipality at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora.

Immediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora

One municipality at the

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. *

Andrelândia Andrelândia is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais that is located in the Mesoregions of Brazil, Mesoregion of South and Southwest of Minas and hosts the Microregions of Brazil, Microregion of Andrelândia. It is 300 km awa ...

Diocesan administrative divisions (''foranias'')

The 25 municipalities are divided in six smaller administrative regions called ''foranies''. The parishes from the municipality of São João del-Rei belong to two distinct foranies. * ''Forania'' of

: seven parishes of

. Headquartered in São João del-Rei. * ''Forania'' of Good Jesus of

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: seven parishes of

and all the parishes from the municipalities of Santa Cruz de Minas,

and Ritápolis. Headquartered in São João del-Rei. * ''Forania'' of Conception of Our Lady: all the parishes from the municipalities of

, Resende Costa, Lagoa Dourada, Barroso and

. Headquartered in Prados. * ''Forania'' of Our Lady of Nazareth: all the parishes from the municipalities of

, Nazareno,

and

. Headquartered in Nazareno. * Ns merces tiradentes

''Forania'' of Our Lady of the Harbor of

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: all the parishes from the municipalities of Piedade do Rio Grande, Madre de Deus de Minas, São Vicente de Minas, Carrancas, Minduri and

. Headquartered in Andrelândia. * Igreja Matriz de Nazareno - MG - panoramio

''Forania'' of

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: all the parishes from the municipalities of

and

. Headquartered in Lavras. *

History

On May 21, 1960, the Diocese of São João del-Rei was established as ''Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Rege'' (

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), on territories split off from the Diocese of Campanha, Archdiocese of Mariana, and (then) Diocese of Juiz de Fora.

Statistics

As per 2015, its pastoral services reached 506,000 Catholics (85.1% of the total population, 594 800), on 9 503 km², and 40 parishes.

Religious persons

* 72 priests: 48 diocesan, 24 religious; * 2

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; *

109 lay religious: 57 brothers, 52 sisters; * 9 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

All suffragan

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to this date have been

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native

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. * Delfim Ribeiro Guedes (1960-07-23 – retired 1983-12-07), died 1985; previously Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1943-06-26 – 1960-07-23) * Antônio Carlos Mesquita (1983-12-16 – 1996-06-26), died 2005; previously

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of Tamada (1974-04-08 – 1977-03-06) as

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of Oliveira (Brazil) (1974-04-08 – 1977-03-06) and

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''sede plena'' of Oliveira (Brazil) (1974-04-08 – 1977-03-06), succeeding as Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (1977-03-06 – 1983-12-16) * Waldemar Chaves de Araújo (1996-06-26 – retired 2010.05.26), previously Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1989-11-18 – 1996-06-26) * Célio de Oliveira Goulart,

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(O.F.M.) (2010-05-26 – death 2018-01-19), previously Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1998-06-24 – 2003-07-09), Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2003-07-09 – 2010-05-26) * José Eudes Campos do Nascimento (2018-12-12 - present).

Personalities

Nhá Chica Francisca de Paula de Jesus ( São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, 1810 – Baependi, Minas Gerais, 14 June 1895), also known as Nhá Chica ("Aunt Francie" in Portuguese), was an Afro-Brazilian Catholic laywoman and popular religious figure known fo ...

(1808-1895) * José Maria Xavier (1819-1887) *

Antônio de Almeida Lustosa Antônio de Almeida Lustosa (11 February 1886 - 14 August 1974) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Salesians of Don Bosco. Lustosa served in two dioceses and two archdioceses in his career where he was reputed ...

(1886-1974) * Miguel Afonso de Andrade Leite (1912-1976) *

Lucas Moreira Neves Lucas Moreira Neves O.P. (16 September 1925 – 8 September 2002) was a Brazilian Cardinal Bishop and Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Biography Moreira Neves was born in São João del Rei, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. He was ord ...

(1925-2002)

References

Sources and External links

GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections

Diocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Juiz de Fora Religious organizations established in 1960 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

1960 establishments in Brazil Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condi ...

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