Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros

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Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Archidioecesis Montisclarensis
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The Cathedral
Location
Country Brazil
Statistics
Area45,450 km2 (17,550 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
732,679
549,509 (75.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established10 December 1910 (113 years ago)
Cathedral Our Lady of Apparition Cathedral, Montes Claros
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop José Carlos de Souza Campos
Bishops emeritus José Alberto Moura, C.S.S.
Website
arquimoc.com
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Map of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros (Latin : Archidioecesis Montisclarensis) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil. [1]

Contents

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida, dedicated to Our Lady of Aparecida, in the city of Montes Claros.

Ecclesiastical province

Its Suffragan dioceses are all three daughter sees :

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 664,000 Catholics (81.2% of 818,000 total) on 45,520 km2 in 60 parishes and 2 missions with 108 priests (74 diocesan, 34 religious), 21 deacons, 163 lay religious (58 brothers, 105 sisters) and 22 seminarians .

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Montes Claros
Archbishops of Montes Claros

Coadjutor bishops

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