Diocese of Divinópolis, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Divinópolis / Divinopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belo Horizonte

Neighbouring Dioceses: Luz (↖), Sete Lagoas (↗), Belo Horizonte (→), Oliveira (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1958.07.11: Established as Diocese of Divinópolis / Divinopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and Diocese of Aterrado and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.19 – ...):

Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Divinópolis (Roman Rite)

Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva (54)
(2023.04.19 – ...)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil)

Sit amoris officium

Born:	1971.06.21 (Carandaí, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1997.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.03.25

Priest of Mariana (Brazil) (1997.06.21 – 2016.12.21)

Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia (2016.12.21 – 2023.04.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2016.12.21 – 2023.04.19)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (2023.04.19 – ...)

Bishop José Carlos de Souza Campos (58) (later Archbishop)
(2014.02.26 – 2022.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)

Aspicientes in Jesum

Born:	1968.03.03 (Itaúna, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.25

Priest of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1993.05.30 – 2014.02.26)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (2014.02.26 – 2022.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (2022.12.14 – ...)

Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos (72)
(2009.02.11 – 2012.08.01)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil)

Spe salvi

Born:	1954.02.27 (Niterói, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.04.18

Priest of Niterói (Brazil) (1978.12.08 – 2009.02.11)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (2009.02.11 – 2012.08.01)

Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil) (2012.08.01 – ...)

Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento
(1989.02.27 – 2009.02.11)

Fide in Fidem

Born:	1932.12.29 (Mercês, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.29
Died:	2019.01.08 (Entre Rios de Minas, MG, Brazil † 86)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1981.06.27 – 1987.02.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1987.02.06 – 1989.02.27)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1989.02.27 – 2009.02.11)

Bishop José Costa Campos
(1979.03.26 – 1989.02.27)

Born:	1918.08.23 (Três Pontas, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.02.24
Died:	1997.07.10 († 78)

Bishop of Valença (Brazil) (1960.12.09 – 1979.03.26)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1979.03.26 – 1989.02.27)

Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena
(1959.02.19 – 1979.03.26)

Born:	1913.08.11 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1937.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.05.17
Died:	2000.08.02 (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil † 86)

Bishop of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1959.02.19 – 1979.03.26)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil) (1971 – 1974)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (74)

Luz (↖), Sete Lagoas (↗), Belo Horizonte (→), Oliveira (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,824 km²

Population: 724,000 Catholics (85.3% of 849,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes

Personnel: 116 priests (94 diocesan, 22 religious), 109 religious (27 brothers, 82 sisters), 15 seminarians