Diocese of

Januária

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Januária / Ianuarien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Montes Claros

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.06.15: Established as Diocese of Januária / Ianuarien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Montes Claros and Territorial Prelature of Paracatu and became suffragan of Diamantina)
1964.01.20: Lost territory to Diocese of Paracatu
2000.07.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Janaúba
2001.04.25: Became suffragan of Montes Claros

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.10.25 – ...):

Bishop Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Januária (Roman Rite)

Bishop Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues (61)
(2023.10.25 – ...)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil)

Tui sunt et eos mihi dedisti

Born:	1963.10.24 (Porto Firme, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.01.27

Priest of Mariana (Brazil) (1988.05.20 – 2023.10.25)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil) (2023.10.25 – ...)

Bishop José Moreira da Silva (71)
(2008.11.12 – 2022.12.14)

Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil)

Misericordia in veritate

Born:	1953.06.08 (Ponte Alta do Tocantins, TO, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.01.17

Priest of Porto Nacional (Brazil) (1982.01.17 – 2008.11.12)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil) (2008.11.12 – 2022.12.14)

Bishop of Porto Nacional (Brazil) (2022.12.14 – ...)

Bishop Anselmo Müller, M.S.F.
(1984.04.25 – 2008.11.12)

Que todos tenham Vida

Born:	1932.02.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.06.24
Died:	2011.03.24 († 79)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil) (1984.04.25 – 2008.11.12)

Bishop João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F.
(1977.03.18 – 1983.07.20)

Apascentarei para que tenham vida

Born:	1916.12.30 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1940.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.29
Died:	1984.05.03 († 67)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil) (1962.06.01 – 1976.03.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway (Norway) (1976.03.01 – 1977.03.18)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil) (1977.03.18 – 1983.07.20)

Bishop João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F.
(1962.06.01 – 1976.03.01)

(see above)

Bishop Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves
(1958.05.16 – 1962.06.01)

Born:	1911.03.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1935.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.06.29
Died:	1980.07.08 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Parnassus (1947.03.29 – 1958.05.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1947.03.29 – 1958.05.16)

Bishop of Januária (Brazil) (1958.05.16 – 1962.06.01)

Titular Bishop of Alexandria minor (1962.06.01 – 1964.06.04)

Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil) (1964.06.04 – 1980.07.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores, Januária, Minas Gerais

Churches by City (21)

Paracatu (↙), Bom Jesus da Lapa (↑), Caetité (↗), Janaúba (→), Montes Claros (↘)

Statistics (2018.12.31)

Area: 38,187 km²

Population: 313,000 Catholics (89.5% of 349,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 40 priests (32 diocesan, 8 religious), 5 deacons, 14 religious (8 brothers, 6 sisters), 16 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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