Diocese of Ituiutaba, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ituiutaba / Ituiutaben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Uberaba

Neighbouring Dioceses: Três Lagoas (↙), Jales (↙), Jataí (↖), Itumbiara (↑), Uberlândia (→), Uberaba (↘), Votuporanga (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1982.10.16: Established as Diocese of Ituiutaba / Ituiutaben(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba and Diocese of Uberlândia and became suffragan of Uberaba)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.05.22 – ...):

Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ituiutaba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho (53)
(2025.05.22 – ...)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1973.02.22 (Capela Nova, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1997.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.01.23

Priest of Mariana (Brazil) (1997.08.23 – 2020.11.04)

Titular Bishop of Giufi (2020.11.04 – 2025.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2020.11.04 – 2025.05.22)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (2025.05.22 – ...)

Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. (76)
(2016.11.30 – 2025.05.22)

Bishop emeritus of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

Fazer o amor ser amado

Born:	1949.12.15 (Iacri, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.24

Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2009.11.11 – 2016.11.30)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (2016.11.30 – 2025.05.22)

Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (70)
(2007.09.19 – 2015.09.30)

Bishop of Jaú (Brazil)

Ite in Vineam

Born:	1955.09.30 (Tabatinga, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.11.22

Priest of São Carlos (Brazil) (1982.12.11 – 2007.09.19)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (2007.09.19 – 2015.09.30)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (2015.09.30 – 2024.06.26)

Bishop of Jaú (Brazil) (2024.06.26 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado
(1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22)

Opus Solidarietatis Pax

Born:	1945.11.22 (Patrocinio, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.24
Died:	2024.10.18 (Patrocínio, MG, Brazil † 78)

Priest of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1972.04.08 – 1989.09.24)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2006.11.22 – 2015.12.16)

Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. (later Archbishop)
(1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09)

Christus Dominus

Born:	1936.06.19 (São Vendelino, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.04.21
Died:	2014.04.26 (Uberaba, MG, Brazil † 77)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (1988.11.09 – 1991.05.15)

Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (1991.05.15 – 1996.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1996.02.28 – 2012.03.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São José, Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (37)

Três Lagoas (↙), Jales (↙), Jataí (↖), Itumbiara (↑), Uberlândia (→), Uberaba (↘), Votuporanga (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,398 km²

Population: 266,780 Catholics (78.9% of 338,227 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 46 priests (44 diocesan, 2 religious), 20 deacons, 16 religious (2 brothers, 14 sisters), 11 seminarians