Diocese of Almenara, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Almenara / Almenaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Diamantina

Neighbouring Dioceses: Montes Claros (←), Janaúba (←), Araçuaí (←), Vitória da Conquista (↑), Eunápolis (→), Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (↘), Teófilo Otoni (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1981.03.28: Established as Diocese of Almenara / Almenaren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Araçuaí and Diocese of Teófilo Otoni and became suffragan of Diamantina)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.12 – ...):

Bishop José Hamilton de Castro (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Almenara (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Hamilton de Castro (64)
(2023.04.12 – ...)

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil)

Servir com alegria

Born:	1961.04.20 (Monte Santo de Minas, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.07.08

Priest of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1997.05.04 – 2023.04.12)

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (2023.04.12 – ...)

Bishop José Carlos Brandão Cabral (62)
(2013.06.19 – 2022.08.03)

Bishop emeritus of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Eis aí o teu filho

Born:	1963.05.30 (Tupã, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.09.15

Priest of Limeira (Brazil) (1993.03.12 – 2013.06.19)

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (2013.06.19 – 2022.08.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2020.03.25 – 2020.11.18)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2022.08.03 – 2023.12.07)

Bishop Hugo María van Steekelenburg, O.F.M. (88)
(1999.06.23 – 2013.06.19)

Bishop emeritus of Almenara (Brazil)

Vida em Abundância

Born:	1937.10.15 (Wateringen, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.24

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (1999.06.23 – 2013.06.19)

Bishop Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M.
(1989.08.02 – 1998.03.25)

O pouco com Deus é muito

Born:	1934.07.28 (Heerle, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1962.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.10.21
Died:	2019.05.30 (Divinópolis, MG, Brazil † 84)

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (1989.08.02 – 1998.03.25)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1998.03.25 – 2009.11.25)

Bishop José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. (96)
(1982.05.10 – 1988.08.31)

Bishop emeritus of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Amar - Servir - Unir

Born:	1929.12.03 (Leme, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1954.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.23

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (1982.05.10 – 1988.08.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1988.08.31 – 1989.09.14)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1989.09.14 – 2006.04.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Batista, Almenara, Minas Gerais

Churches by City (22)

Montes Claros (←), Janaúba (←), Araçuaí (←), Vitória da Conquista (↑), Eunápolis (→), Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (↘), Teófilo Otoni (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,618 km²

Population: 143,224 Catholics (81.0% of 176,808 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 23 priests (11 diocesan, 12 religious), 24 religious (15 brothers, 9 sisters), 5 seminarians