The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares (Latin: Dioecesis Valadarensis) is a diocese located in the city of Governador Valadares in the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.
Diocese of Governador Valadares Dioecesis Valadarensis | |
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Catedral de Santo Antônio de Pádua | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Mariana |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 15,023 km2 (5,800 sq mi) |
Population
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| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1 February 1956 (70 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Antônio Carlos Félix |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Geraldo Lyrio Rocha |
| Website | |
| www.diocesegv.org.br | |
History
On 1 February 1956 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the Diocese of Araçuaí, the Diocese of Caratinga and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina.
Bishops
- Bishops of Governador Valadares (Latin Church)
- Hermínio Malzone Hugo (1957.01.29 – 1977.12.07)
- José Gonçalves Heleno (1977.12.07 – 2001.04.25)
- Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. (2001.12.19 – 2014.03.06)
- Antônio Carlos Félix (2014.03.06 -
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Emanuel Messias de Oliveira, appointed Bishop of Guanhães in 1998
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