Diocese of Governador Valadares Dioecesis Valadarensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Mariana |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,023 km2 (5,800 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 500,000 350,000 (70.0%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1 February 1956 (68 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Antônio Carlos Félix |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Geraldo Lyrio Rocha |
Website | |
www.diocesegv.org.br |
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On 1 February 1956 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the Diocese of Araçuaí, the Diocese of Caratinga and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina. [2] [3]
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