Diocese of Caratinga, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Caratinga / Caratingen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mariana

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

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)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caratinga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juarez Delorto Secco (54)
(2023.12.13 – ...)

Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil)

Manete caritate mea

Born:	1970.07.04 (Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2001.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.09.09

Priest of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2001.03.10 – 2017.06.07)

Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Numidia (2017.06.07 – 2023.12.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2017.06.07 – 2023.12.13)

Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (2023.12.13 – ...)

Bishop Emanuel Messias de Oliveira (76)
(2011.02.16 – 2023.12.13)

Bishop emeritus of Caratinga (Brazil)

A Serviço da Misericórdia

Born:	1948.04.22 (Salinas, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1976.02.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.04.19

Priest 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 Dei

Born:	1935.05.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.02.22
Died:	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 Omnia

Born:	1914.05.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.11.10
Died:	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:	1920.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.10.30
Died:	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:	1911.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.02.11
Died:	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:	1899.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.01.25
Died:	1933.11.29 († 69)

Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1919.12.18 – 1933.11.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Batista, Caratinga, Minas Gerais
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (60)

Mariana (↙), Itabira–Fabriciano (←), Governador Valadares (↑), Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (↘), Leopoldina (↓)

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