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located in the city of

Diamantina, Minas Gerais Diamantina () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2020 was 47,825 in a total area of 3,870 km2. ''Arraial do Tijuco'' (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial era in ...

in Brazil.

History

* June 6, 1854: Established as Diocese of Diamantina from the Diocese of Mariana * June 28, 1917: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: ** Basílica Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Diamantina ** Basílica São Geraldo Majela,

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Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

* Arch

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s of Diamantina (Roman rite) ** Archbishop

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(2016.03.09 - Present) ** Archbishop João Bosco Oliver de Faria (2007.05.30 – 2016.03.09) ** Archbishop Paulo Lopes de Faria (1997.05.14 – 2007.05.30) ** Archbishop

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(1981.02.03 – 1997.05.14) ** Archbishop

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(1960.12.20 – 1980.09.10) ** Archbishop José Newton de Almeida Baptista (1954.01.05 – 1960.03.12) ** Archbishop Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva (1934.05.26 – 1953.10.28) ** Archbishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza (1917.06.28 – 1933.08.30) * Bishops of Diamantina (Roman Rite) ** Archbishop (personal title) Joaquim Silvério de Souza (1910.01.25 – 1917.06.28) ** Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza (later Archbishop) (1905.05.05 – 1909.01.29) ** Bishop João Antônio dos Santos (1863.09.28 – 1905.05.17)

Coadjutor bishops

* Joaquim Silvério de Souza (1901-1905) * Paulo Lopes de Faria (1995-1997)

Auxiliary bishops

* Antônio José dos Santos, C.M. (1918-1929), appointed Bishop of Assis, São Paulo * Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta (1932-1935), appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão; future Cardinal * João de Souza Lima, O. Cist. (1949-1955), appointed Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Cyrillo de Paula Freitas, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cuiabá in 1905 * João Antônio Pimenta, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul in 1906 * Lúcio Antunes de Souza, appointed Bishop of Botucatu in 1908 * Nunes de Ávila e Silva, appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo in 1909 * João de Almeida Ferrão (Terra), appointed Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais in 1909 * Manuel Nunes Coelho, appointed Bishop of Aterrado in 1920 * José André Coimbra, appointed Bishop of Barra do Piraí in 1938 * Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 1959; future Cardinal * Leonardo de Miranda Pereira, appointed Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais in 1986 * José Aristeu Vieira, appointed Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais in 2015 * Lindomar Rocha Mota, appointed Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias in 2020

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Almenara * Diocese of Araçuaí * Diocese of Guanhães * Diocese of Teófilo Otoni

Sources

GCatholic.org

Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
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