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Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Archidioecesis Montisclarensis



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Bishop(s)

  • José Carlos de Souza Campos, Archbishop
  • José Alberto Moura, C.S.S., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 25 April 2001
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 45,520 (17,582 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Web Site: http://www.arquimoc.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Praca Dr. Chaves 52, 39400-005 Montes Claros, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (038)3221-8728

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Montes Claros
10 December 1910ErectedDiocese of Diamantina Diocese of Montes Claros (erected)
1 March 1929Territory LostDiocese of Montes Claros
Diocese of Uberaba
Territorial Prelature of Paracatu (erected) (Paracatu, João Pinheiro, and Sâo Româo (except Afonso Arinos))
15 June 1957Territory LostDiocese of Montes Claros (Januária, Manga, São Francisco, Espinosa, Monte Azul, Mato Verde with Arinos in São Româo)
Territorial Prelature of Paracatu (Sâo Româo, Capâo Redondo, and Formoso)
Diocese of Januária (erected)
5 July 2000Territory LostDiocese of Januária (Espinosa, Mamonas, Monte Azul, Gameleira, Catuti, Mato Verde, Jaiba, and Matos Cardoso)
Diocese of Montes Claros (Janauba, Porteirinha, Pai Pedro, Serranópolis, Nova Porteirinha, Riacho dos Machados, Varzelândia, Ibiracatu, Verdelândia, Rio Pardo de Minas, Montezuma, Indaiabira, Santo Antonio do Retiro, Vargem Grande, São João do Paraíso, and Ninheira)
Diocese of Janaúba (erected)
Archdiocese of Montes Claros
25 April 2001ElevatedDiocese of Montes Claros Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Montes Claros
1950700,000701,00099.9%18153321,21284126ap1951
1965580,000600,00096.7%19183715,675187221ap1967
1968625,000650,00096.2%15233816,447316018ap1971
1976600,000660,00090.9%17183517,142285223ap1977
1980647,000704,00091.9%14213518,485344923ap1981
1987832,000902,00092.2%20244418,909339227ap1991
1999993,0001,078,00092.1%27235019,8603312934ap2000
2000650,000762,00085.3%23234614,13014211429ap2001
Archdiocese of Montes Claros
2001609,604762,00580.0%21244513,54614812731ap2002
2002609,604762,00580.0%24265012,19215310031ap2003
2003586,143732,67980.0%30235311,0598618042ap2004
2004549,509732,67975.0%3130619,0089498037ap2005
2013659,000811,00081.3%72341066,216185010157ap2014
2016675,000832,00081.1%78401185,72019509963ap2017
2019678,806860,29978.9%83361195,70443536264ap2020
2021689,600873,85078.9%88341225,65242467965ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Montes Claros
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 427, and Page 428

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