Diocese of Leopoldina, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Leopoldina / Leopoldinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Juiz de Fora

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Imaculado Coração de Maria, Saint Antonio María Claret y Clará (October 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1942.03.08: Established as Diocese of Leopoldina / Leopoldinen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana and Diocese of Juiz de Fora and became suffragan of Mariana)
1962.04.14: Became suffragan of Juiz de Fora

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.10.30 – ...):

Bishop Edson José Oriolo dos Santos (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Leopoldina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edson José Oriolo dos Santos (60)
(2019.10.30 – ...)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil)

Evangelizare misericordiæ divitias

Born:	1964.09.18 (Itajubá, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.07.11

Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1990.05.05 – 2015.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Segia (2015.04.15 – 2019.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2015.04.15 – 2019.10.30)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (2019.10.30 – ...)

Bishop José Eudes Campos do Nascimento (58)
(2012.06.27 – 2018.12.12)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil)

Servus in caritate

Born:	1966.04.30 (Barbacena, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1995.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.15

Priest of Mariana (Brazil) (1995.04.22 – 2012.06.27)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (2012.06.27 – 2018.12.12)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (2018.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Dario Campos, O.F.M. (76) (later Archbishop)
(2004.06.23 – 2011.04.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vitória (Brazil)

Nas tuas mãos

Born:	1948.06.09 (Castelo, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.26

Coadjutor Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2000.07.05 – 2001.08.08)

Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2001.08.08 – 2004.06.23)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (2004.06.23 – 2011.04.27)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2011.04.27 – 2018.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2018.11.07 – 2024.12.30)

Bishop Célio de Oliveira Goulart, O.F.M.
(1998.06.24 – 2003.07.09)

Crux Dei Virtus Est

Born:	1944.09.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.28
Died:	2018.01.19 († 73)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1998.06.24 – 2003.07.09)

Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim (Brazil) (2003.07.09 – 2010.05.26)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (2010.05.26 – 2018.01.19)

Bishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. (later Archbishop)
(1990.03.14 – 1996.10.16)

Caritas Christi Urget

Born:	1938.08.06 (Capelinha, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.04.21
Died:	2018.04.01 (Pouso Alegre, MG, Brazil † 79)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1990.03.14 – 1996.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1996.10.16 – 2014.05.28)

Bishop Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes
(1985.08.05 – 1989.05.10)

Silentio et spe

Born:	1929.10.09 (Itapecerica, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.11.09
Died:	2020.03.11 (Itapecerica, MG, Brazil † 90)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1985.08.05 – 1989.05.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1989.05.10 – 2004.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Ploaghe (1989.05.10 – 2020.03.11)

Bishop Geraldo Ferreira Reis
(1961.06.16 – 1985.08.05)

Cum sanctis tuis

Born:	1911.10.01 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1936.06.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.08.24
Died:	1995.06.22 († 83)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1961.06.16 – 1985.08.05)

Bishop Delfim Ribeiro Guedes
(1943.06.26 – 1960.07.23)

Contra spem in spem

Born:	1908.05.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1931.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.10.03
Died:	1985.02.23 († 76)

Bishop of Leopoldina (Brazil) (1943.06.26 – 1960.07.23)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (1960.07.23 – 1983.12.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Sebastião, Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (65)

Juiz de Fora (←), Mariana (↖), Caratinga (↑), Campos (→), Nova Friburgo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,491 km²

Population: 432,586 Catholics (71.1% of 608,661 total)

Pastoral Centres: 62 parishes, 438 missions

Personnel: 68 priests (62 diocesan, 6 religious), 54 religious (6 brothers, 48 sisters), 14 seminarians