The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba () is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...

located in the city of

Ituiutaba Ituiutaba (Brazilian Portuguese: /itujuˈtabɐ/) is a municipality in the western part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Elevated to city status in 1901, its population in 2020 was 105,255 and a total area in the municipality of 2,694 k ...

in the

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Uberaba Uberaba () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at an elevation of 823 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level on the Uberaba River, and is situated 418 kilometres (260 mi) from the state c ...

in Brazil.

History

* 16 October 1982: Established as Diocese of Ituiutaba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba and

Diocese of Uberlândia In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

Bishops

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s of Ituiutaba (Roman rite) ** Bishop

Aloísio Roque Oppermann Aloísio Roque Oppermann (June 19, 1936 – April 26, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, he was named bishop of the Diocese of Ituitaba, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is ...

, S.C.J. (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop ** Bishop

Paulo Sérgio Machado Paulo Sérgio Machado (22 November 1945 – 18 October 2024) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He was appointed bishop of Ituiutaba from 1989 to 2006 and bishop of São Carlos from 2006 to 2015. He died in Patrocínio Patrocínio is a Mu ...

(1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22), appointed Bishop of São Carlos, São Paulo ** Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (2007.09.19 – 2015.09.30), appointed Bishop of Lins, São Paulo ** Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. (2016.11.30 - 2025.5.22) ** Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho (2025.5.22 - present) https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/05/22/250522b.html

Another priest of this diocese who became bishop

João Gilberto de Moura João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the s ...

, appointed Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul in 2013

References

GCatholic.org

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