Diocese of Caratinga, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1915.12.15: Established as Diocese of Caratinga / Caratingen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Amazonas and became suffragan of Mariana)
- 1956.02.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Governador Valadares
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2023.12.13 – ...): |  Bishop Juarez Delorto Secco (54) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Caratinga (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Juarez Delorto Secco (54) (2023.12.13 – ...)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)Manete caritate mea |
 Bishop Emanuel Messias de Oliveira (76) (2011.02.16 – 2023.12.13)Bishop emeritus of Caratinga (Brazil)A Serviço da MisericórdiaBorn:1948.04.22 (Salinas, MG, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1976.02.04Consecrated Bishop:1998.04.19Priest of Governador Valadares (Brazil) (1976.02.04 – 1998.01.14)Bishop of Guanhães (Brazil) (1998.01.14 – 2011.02.16)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (2011.02.16 – 2023.12.13) |
| Bishop Hélio Gonçalves Heleno (1978.11.27 – 2011.02.16)Propter Regnum DeiBorn:1935.05.18 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1961.12.03Consecrated Bishop:1979.02.22Died:2012.09.04 (†77)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1978.11.27 – 2011.02.16) |
| Bishop José Eugênio Corrêa (1957.08.19 – 1978.11.27)Omnibus OmniaBorn:1914.05.30 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1941.10.26Consecrated Bishop:1957.11.10Died:2010.01.28 (†95)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1957.08.19 – 1978.11.27) |
| Bishop João Batista Cavati, C.M. (1938.07.30 – 1956.10.20)Born:1892.05.05 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1920.03.20Consecrated Bishop:1938.10.30Died:1987.06.30 (†95)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1938.07.30 – 1956.10.20)Titular Bishop of Eucarpia (1956.10.20 – 1970.12.14) |
| Bishop José Maria Perreira Lara (1934.09.28 – 1936.08.08)Born:1886.06.03 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1911.04.18Consecrated Bishop:1925.02.11Died:1936.08.08 (†50)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1924.03.27 – 1924.12.18)Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1924.12.18 – 1934.09.28)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1934.09.28 – 1936.08.08) |
| Bishop Carloto Fernandes da Silva Távora (1919.12.18 – 1933.11.29)Born:1863.12.18 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1899.06.07Consecrated Bishop:1920.01.25Died:1933.11.29 (†69)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1919.12.18 – 1933.11.29) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 15,088 km²
Population: 511,000 Catholics (70.7% of 722,300 total)
Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes
Personnel: 106 priests (75 diocesan, 31 religious), 1 deacon, 121 religious (39 brothers, 82 sisters), 31 seminarians