Diocese of

Itabira–Fabriciano

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Itabira–Fabriciano / Itabiren(sis)–Fabriciannen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mariana

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (October 12)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1965.06.14: Established as Diocese of Itabira / Itabiren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana and became suffragan of Mariana)
1979.06.01: Renamed as Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano / Itabiren(sis)–Fabriciannen(sis) (Latin)
1985.05.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guanhães

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.02.21 – ...):

Bishop Marco Aurélio Gubiotti (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itabira–Fabriciano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marco Aurélio Gubiotti (61)
(2013.02.21 – ...)

Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Pela graça de Deus

Born:	1963.10.21 (Ouro Fino, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.05.26

Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1989.12.14 – 2013.02.21)

Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (2013.02.21 – ...)

Bishop Odilon Guimarães Moreira (86)
(2003.01.22 – 2013.02.21)

Bishop emeritus of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil)

Born:	1939.01.09 (Presidente Bernardes, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.01.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.10.24

Priest of Caratinga (Brazil) (1969.01.23 – 1999.08.04)

Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense (1999.08.04 – 2003.01.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (1999.08.04 – 2003.01.22)

Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (2003.01.22 – 2013.02.21)

Bishop Lélis Lara, C.SS.R.
(1996.05.15 – 2003.01.22)

Caritas Omnia Credit

Born:	1925.12.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1951.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.02.02
Died:	2016.12.08 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania (1976.12.06 – 1995.12.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (1976.12.06 – 1995.12.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (1995.12.06 – 1996.05.15)

Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (1996.05.15 – 2003.01.22)

Bishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S.
(1979.06.01 – 1996.05.15)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:	1921.10.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.05.14
Died:	2006.09.16 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Sesta (1967.02.20 – 1971.04.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1967.02.20 – 1971.04.26)

Bishop of Itabira (Brazil) (1971.04.26 – 1979.06.01)

Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (Brazil) (1979.06.01 – 1996.05.15)

Bishops of Itabira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S.
(1971.04.26 – 1979.06.01)

(see above)

Bishop Marcos Antônio Noronha
(1965.07.07 – 1970.11.07)

Radicati in caritate

Born:	1924.09.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.08.24
Died:	1998.02.16 († 73)

Bishop of Itabira (Brazil) (1965.07.07 – 1970.11.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Lélis Lara, C.SS.R. (1995.12.06 – 1996.05.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lélis Lara, C.SS.R. (1976.12.06 – 1995.12.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Itabira, Minas Gerais
Co-Cathedral: Co-Catedral São Sebastião, Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (59)

Belo Horizonte (←), Sete Lagoas (←), Guanhães (↑), Governador Valadares (↗), Caratinga (→), Mariana (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,888 km²

Population: 675,975 Catholics (61.6% of 1,096,475 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 73 priests (51 diocesan, 22 religious), 26 deacons, 55 religious (22 brothers, 33 sisters), 18 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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