Diocese of Guaxupé, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guaxupé / Guaxupen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pouso Alegre

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora das Dores (September 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1916.02.03: Established as Diocese of Guaxupé / Guaxupen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Pouso Alegre and became suffragan of Mariana)
1962.04.14: Became suffragan of Pouso Alegre
1968.05.11: Lost territory to establish Territorial Abbacy of Claraval
2002.07.31: Gained territory from the suppressed Territorial Abbacy of Claraval
2008.08.19: Gained territory from Diocese of Luz

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.06.13 – ...):

Bishop José Lanza Neto (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guaxupé (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Lanza Neto (71)
(2007.06.13 – ...)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil)

Permaneçamos no Amor

Born:	1952.12.31 (Pirangi, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.19

Priest of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1980.10.31 – 2004.06.23)

Titular Bishop of Mades (2004.06.23 – 2007.06.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil) (2004.06.23 – 2007.06.13)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (2007.06.13 – ...)

Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P.
(2006.04.19 – 2006.09.14)

Per crucem ad lucem

Born:	1955.09.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.17
Died:	2006.09.14 († 51)

Bishop of Janaúba (Brazil) (2000.07.05 – 2006.04.19)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (2006.04.19 – 2006.09.14)

Bishop José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. (94)
(1989.09.14 – 2006.04.19)

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)

Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto
(1976.01.16 – 1989.09.14)

Born:	1914.08.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1938.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.05.01
Died:	1997.03.06 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria (1964.02.25 – 1976.01.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1964.02.25 – 1976.01.16)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1976.01.16 – 1989.09.14)

Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira
(1964.04.02 – 1976.01.16)

Ipsa conteret

Born:	1917.07.26 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1940.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.02.02
Died:	2009.01.31 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Baris in Pisidia (1953.12.22 – 1955.11.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1953.12.22 – 1955.11.07)

Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil) (1955.11.07 – 1964.04.02)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1964.04.02 – 1976.01.16)

Bishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap.
(1952.05.21 – 1963.05.29)

Born:	1897.08.28 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1924.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.05.26
Died:	1963.05.29 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Agbia (1949.03.15 – 1952.05.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (1949.03.15 – 1952.05.21)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1952.05.21 – 1963.05.29)

Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo (later Archbishop)
(1940.09.19 – 1951.09.03)

Born:	1899.09.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1923.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.02.16
Died:	1988.06.09 († 88)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1935.12.19 – 1940.09.19)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1940.09.19 – 1951.09.03)

Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07)

Archbishop-Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1954.10.07 – 1975.04.23)

Bishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias (later Archbishop)
(1920.04.22 – 1939.08.05)

Born:	1887.09.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1910.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.09.12
Died:	1963.10.19 († 76)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1920.04.22 – 1939.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1939.08.05 – 1963.10.19)

Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis (later Archbishop)
(1916.02.07 – 1918.08.02)

Born:	1863.12.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1892.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.11.17
Died:	1961.02.07 († 97)

Titular Bishop of Sura (1907.07.10 – 1909.11.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1907.07.10 – 1909.11.29)

Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1909.11.29 – 1916.02.07)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1916.02.07 – 1918.08.02)

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis (1918.08.02 – 1922.02.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1918.08.02 – 1931.07.31)

Titular Archbishop of Beirut (Lebanon) (1922.02.24 – 1931.07.31)

Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1931.07.31 – 1961.02.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S. (94) (1988.08.31 – 1989.09.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores, Guaxupé, Minas Gerais
Former Cathedral: Mosteiro Nossa Senhora do Divino Espirito Santo, Claraval, Minas Gerais
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nossa Senhora da Saúde, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (97)

Ribeirão Preto (←), Franca (↖), Luz (↗), Campanha (→), Pouso Alegre (↘), São João da Boa Vista (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 17,544 km²

Population: 691,000 Catholics (71.8% of 962,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 81 parishes

Personnel: 134 priests (118 diocesan, 16 religious), 91 religious (26 brothers, 65 sisters), 23 seminarians