Roman Catholic Diocese of Divinópolis

Diocese of Divinópolis Dioecesis Divinopolitanus Diocese de Divinópolis
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Belo Horizonte
Metropolitan	Belo Horizonte
Statistics
Area	8,824 km2 (3,407 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 712,636 612,390 (85.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	11 July 1958 (66 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Divinópolis
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Carlos de Souza Campos
Metropolitan Archbishop	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Website
www.diocesedivinopolis.org.br

Roman Catholic Diocese of Divinópolis.

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Divinópolis (Latin: Dioecesis Divinopolitanus) is a diocese located in the city of Divinópolis in the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.

History

• July 11, 1958: Established as Diocese of Divinópolis from the Diocese of Aterrado and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte

Bishops

• Bishops of Divinópolis (Roman rite), listed in reverse chronological order)
  • Bishop José Carlos de Souza Campos (2014.02.26 - Present)
  • Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos (2009.02.11 – 2012.08.01), appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro
  • Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento (1989.02.27 – 2009.02.11)
  • Bishop José Costa Campos (1979.03.26 – 1989.02.27)
  • Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena (1959.02.19 – 1979.03.26)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Gil Antônio Moreira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 1999
• Moacir Silva Arantes, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias in 2016
• Francisco Cota de Oliveira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana in 2017

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine