Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí is a diocese
located in the city of Araçuaí
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Diamantina
in Brazil.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Araçuaí
Araçuaí
Araçuaí is a Brazilian municipality located in the northeast of the state of Minas Gerais in the Jequitinhonha River valley. The Araçuaí River, a tribuatary of the Jequitinhonha, flows through it.. Its population as of 2007 was estimated to be 36,083 people living in a total area of 2,235 km²....
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Diamantina
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Diamantina
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Diamantina is an archdiocese located in the city of in Brazil.-History:* June 6, 1854: Established as Diocese of Diamantina from the Diocese of Mariana* June 28, 1917: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina...
in Brazil.
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Araçuaí (Latin Rite)- Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva (later Archbishop) (1914.03.12 – 1934.05.26)
- José de Haas, O.F.M. (1937.03.20 – 1956.08.01)
- José Maria PiresJosé Maria PiresJosé Maria Pires is a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.Pires was born in Córregos, Brazil and was ordained a priest December 20, 1941. Pires was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Araçuaí on May 25, 1957 and ordained bishop on September 22, 1957...
(later Archbishop) (1957.05.25 – 1965.12.02) - Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro (1966.06.27 – 1973.11.10)
- Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. (later Archbishop) (1975.01.04 – 1981.08.18)
- Crescênzio RinaldiniCrescênzio RinaldiniCrescenzio Rinaldini was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçuaí, Brazil.Ordained in 1949, he became a bishop in 1982 retiring in 2001....
(1982.05.10 – 2001.08.08) - Dario Campos, O.F.M. (2001.08.08 – 2004.06.23)
- Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (2005.05.11 – 2011.07.06)