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Archdiocese of Uberaba

Archidioecesis Uberabensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Paulo Mendes Peixoto, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 14 April 1962
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 26,560 (10,258 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Praca Dom Eduardo 56, 38060-280 Uberaba, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (034)3312-9565
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Uberaba
29 September 1907ErectedDiocese of Goiás Diocese of Uberaba (erected)
18 July 1918Territory LostArchdiocese of Mariana
Diocese of Uberaba
Diocese of Aterrado (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))
5 April 1955Territory LostDiocese of Uberaba (S. Antonio de Patos, N.S. do Rosario de Patos, Araxá, Coromandel, Ibiá, Pratinha, Lagoa Formosa, Sant'Ana de Patos, Presidente Olegario, Patrocinio, Serra do Salitre, Abadia dos Dourados, Monte Carmelo, Perdizes, Carmo do Paranaiba, Desemboque, and ...) Diocese of Patos de Minas (erected)
22 July 1961Territory LostDiocese of Uberaba (Cities of Uberlândia, Araguarí, Canápolis, Capinópolis, Cascalho Rico, Centralina, Estrêla do Sul, Indianópolis, Ituiutaba, Monte Alegre de Minas, Santa Vitoria, and Tupaciguara) Diocese of Uberlândia (erected)
Archdiocese of Uberaba
14 April 1962ElevatedDiocese of Uberaba Archdiocese of Uberaba
16 October 1982Territory LostArchdiocese of Uberaba (Cities of Campina Verde, Itapagipe, Iturama, and Sao Francisco de Sales)
Diocese of Uberlândia (Cities of Ituiutaba, Cachoeira Bourada, Canapolis, Centralina, Curinhata, Ipiaçu, and Santa Vitoria)
Diocese of Ituiutaba (erected)
10 November 1982Territory AddedDiocese of Luz (Desemboque, Sacramento) Archdiocese of Uberaba
9 November 2002Territory AddedDiocese of Patos de Minas (Araxá) Archdiocese of Uberaba
10 January 2004Territory AddedDiocese of Luz (São Sebastião in Tapira) Archdiocese of Uberaba

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Uberaba
1948635,000660,00096.2%33731065,9908627042ap1951
Archdiocese of Uberaba
1961220,000.0%231639017ap1967
1970340,000.0%22325403822721ap1971
1973281,055330,65385.0%1941604,6844921826ap1977
1980379,000423,00089.6%2039596,4235616031ap1981
1990363,000401,00090.5%2624507,2603314532ap1991
1999343,135527,93065.0%3718556,2382816040ap2000
2000378,868597,83763.4%4226685,571268540ap2001
2001377,470568,96766.3%4226685,5514514341ap2002
2002483,565585,64182.6%5420746,534255540ap2003
2003442,787692,18464.0%5813716,23612113646ap2004
2004444,081693,18564.1%6213755,92112612147ap2005
2010539,000746,00072.3%6513786,910213514653ap2011
2014565,000782,00072.3%6611777,337212622259ap2015
2017580,000724,00080.1%6816846,90444338060ap2018
2020452,645694,11865.2%6315785,803442712361ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Uberaba
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 382
  • Archdiocese of Uberaba
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 379, to Page 381
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 80, and Page 81
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 95, Page 278
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 96, Page 239, and Page 240

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