Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba

Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Ituiutaba

Dioecesis Ituiutabensis
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceUberaba
Statistics
Area22,742 km2 (8,781 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
345,000
295,000 (85.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established16 October 1982 (41 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São José
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco Carlos da Silva
Metropolitan ArchbishopPaulo Mendes Peixoto
Map
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba.
Ecclesiastical Province of Uberaba.
Regional CNBB Leste 2.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba (Latin: Dioecesis Ituiutabensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ituiutaba in the ecclesiastical province of Uberaba in Brazil.[1]

History

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

Bishops

  • Bishops of Ituiutaba (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J. (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop
    • Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (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 - present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • João Gilberto de Moura, appointed Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul in 2013

References

  1. ^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  • GCatholic.org
  • Catholic Hierarchy



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