Diocese of Governador Valadares
Valadaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Governador Valadares, Brazil
The Diocese of Governador Valadares is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mariana. It was established by Pope Pius XII in 1956.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 February 1956
- Latin
- Valadaren(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001001509
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 319,894
- Population
- 500,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 64.0%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 4,506
- Extent
- 15,023 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antônio Carlos Félix
- Born
- 5 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Caldas
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Anthony of Padua stands in Governador Valadares, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mariana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mariana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaratingaCaratinga
- Diocese of Itabira–FabricianoItabira–Fabriciano
- Archdiocese of MarianaMariana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Governador Valadares gives its name to this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Valadarensis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Mariana.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.