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Diocese of Leopoldina

Dioecesis Leopoldinensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 28 March 1942
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 8,491 (3,279 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Official Web Site: http://dioceseleopoldina.com/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, C.P. 7, Praca Dom Helvecio 75, 36700-000 Leopoldina, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (032)3441-2008
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
28 March 1942ErectedArchdiocese of Juiz de Fora
Archdiocese of Mariana
Diocese of Leopoldina (erected)
5 July 1954Territory LostDiocese of Leopoldina (La Palma) Diocese of Campos
8 September 1955Territory LostDiocese of Leopoldina (La Palma) Diocese of Campos
14 April 1962Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Leopoldina (from Mariana)
29 March 1979Territory AddedArchdiocese of Juiz de Fora (Além Paraiba, Estrela Dalva, Pirapetinga, Santo Antonio do Aventureiro, and Volta Grande) Diocese of Leopoldina

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950420,000450,00093.3%3484210,000816534ap1951
1966400,000415,00096.4%62611233,2526119539ap1967
1970380,000416,98791.1%3424586,5512515541ap1971
1976380,000400,00095.0%2124458,4442514542ap1977
1980405,000457,23588.6%2222449,2042315449ap1981
1990454,000506,00089.7%3120518,9012018250ap1991
1999396,865529,15475.0%3817557,21511714356ap2000
2000396,865529,15475.0%4217596,72611714156ap2001
2001396,865529,15475.0%3914537,48811414056ap2002
2002396,865529,15475.0%3912517,78121314057ap2003
2003396,865529,15475.0%4211537,4881113957ap2004
2004396,865529,15475.0%4311547,3491111357ap2005
2013423,000606,00069.8%5210626,822106161ap2014
2016423,390601,00070.4%569656,51396061ap2017
2019433,600615,50070.4%637706,19475961ap2020
2021440,450625,30070.4%637706,292144661ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 379, to Page 381
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 447, and Page 448

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