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Diocese of São João del Rei

Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Rege



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 21 May 1960
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 9,503 (3,670 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Praca Frei Orlando 130, 36307-352 Sao Joao del Rei, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (032)3371-1011; 3371-4746
  • Fax: 3371-4746

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 May 1960ErectedDiocese of Campanha (Carrancas, Itumirim, Itutinga, Lavras, Luminarias, Minduri, and São Vincente de Minas)
Diocese of Juiz de Fora (Andrelândia, Madre de Deus, and Piedade do Rio Grande)
Archdiocese of Mariana (São João del Rei, Barroso, Dores de Campos, Lagoa Dourada, Nazareno, Prados, Rezende Costa, Tiradentes, and Bom Sucesso)
Diocese of São João del Rei (erected)
14 April 1962Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of São João del Rei (from Mariana)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966190,000200,73094.7%3449832,28912713828ap1967
1970207,504220,00094.3%34801141,82014712330ap1971
1976237,300238,65099.4%3333663,5957814030ap1977
1980326,293350,22093.2%3027575,7245211533ap1981
1990411,000433,00094.9%4224666,2274011032ap1991
1999449,000499,00090.0%4023637,126239531ap2000
2000405,000450,00090.0%3923626,532409536ap2001
2001405,000450,00090.0%3923626,532609536ap2002
2002468,000520,00090.0%4315588,068165037ap2003
2003468,000520,00090.0%4315588,068345037ap2004
2004468,000520,00090.0%4533786,000484838ap2005
2010475,000557,00085.3%4822706,785555540ap2011
2014498,000585,00085.1%5020707,1141535440ap2015
2017510,370599,94085.1%4624707,2912565040ap2018
2020522,300614,00085.1%5819776,7832674842ap2021

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 53, Page 94, to Page 96
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 379, to Page 381

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