Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaxupé
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaxupé is a diocese
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 Guaxupé
Guaxupé
Guaxupé is a Brazilian municipality located in the southwest of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 47,894 people living in a total area of 286 km². The city belongs to the meso-region of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the micro-region of São Sebastião do Paraíso. It...

 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 Pouso Alegre
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre is an archdiocese located in the city of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.-History:* August 4, 1900: Established as Diocese of Pouso Alegre from the Diocese of Mariana...

 in Brazil.

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
    • Basílica Nossa Senhora da Saúde, Poços de Caldas
      Poços de Caldas
      Poços de Caldas is a city and municipality in south-western Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2009 was 151,449 inhabitants...

      , Minas Gerais
      Minas Gerais
      Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...


Leadership

  • Bishop
    Bishop
    A 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 Guaxupé (Roman rite)
    • Bishop José Lanza Neto (2007.06.13 – present)
    • Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P. (2006.04.19 – 2006.09.14)
    • Bishop José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. (1989.09.14 – 2006.04.19)
    • Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto (1976.01.16 – 1989.09.14)
    • Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira
      José de Almeida Batista Pereira
      José de Almeida Batista Pereira was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.Pereira was born in São Gonçalo, Brazil and was ordained a priest on 22 December 1940...

       (1964.04.02 – 1976.01.16)
    • Bishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. (1952.05.21 – 1963.05.29)
    • Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo (later Archbishop) (1940.09.19 – 1951.09.03)
    • Bishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias (later Archbishop) (1920.04.22 – 1939.08.05)
    • Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis (later Archbishop) (1916.02.07 – 1918.08.02)
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