Diocese of Oliveira, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Oliveira / Oliveiren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belo Horizonte

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19), Saint Sebastian (January 20)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1941.12.20: Established as Diocese of Oliveira / Oliveiren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.10.31 – ...):	Bishop Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro (67)
Coadjutor Bishop (2025.04.08 – ...):	Bishop Antônio Carlos Paiva (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Oliveira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro (67)
(2007.10.31 – ...)

Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil)

Deus Providebit

Born:	1958.11.26 (Itaguara, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.31

Priest of Oliveira (Brazil) (1986.01.11 – 2001.01.17)

Bishop of Tocantinópolis (Brazil) (2001.01.17 – 2007.10.31)

Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (2007.10.31 – ...)

Bishop Jésus Rocha
(2004.10.20 – 2006.07.13)

Mitis et humilis

Born:	1939.10.15 (Diamantina, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1966.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.02.26
Died:	2006.07.13 (Oliveira, MG, Brazil † 66)

Titular Bishop of Mutia (1993.12.01 – 2004.10.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1993.12.01 – 2004.10.20)

Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (2004.10.20 – 2006.07.13)

Bishop Francisco Barroso Filho (97)
(1983.12.21 – 2004.10.20)

Bishop emeritus of Oliveira (Brazil)

In unitatem fidei

Born:	1928.10.08 (Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.03.19

Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (1983.12.21 – 2004.10.20)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita
(1977.03.06 – 1983.12.16)

Elegit servum suum

Born:	1923.10.13 (Itapecerica, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.06.29
Died:	2005.12.19 (Itapecerica, MG, Brazil † 82)

Titular Bishop of Tamada (1974.04.08 – 1977.03.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (1974.04.08 – 1977.03.06)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Oliveira (Brazil) (1974.04.08 – 1977.03.06)

Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (1977.03.06 – 1983.12.16)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (1983.12.16 – 1996.06.26)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1974.04.08 – 1977.03.06)

Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1971 – 1974)

Bishop José de Medeiros Leite
(1945.08.14 – 1977.03.06)

Lux et vita

Born:	1898.11.16 (Mossoro, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1924.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.10.28
Died:	1977.03.06 († 78)

Bishop of Oliveira (Brazil) (1945.08.14 – 1977.03.06)

Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral
(Apostolic Administrator 1944 – 1945.08.14)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Antônio Carlos Mesquita (1974.04.08 – 1977.03.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora de Oliveira, Oliveira, Minas Gerais

Churches by City (34)

Campanha (↙), Luz (↖), Divinópolis (↑), Belo Horizonte (↗), Mariana (→), São João del Rei (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,990 km²

Population: 268,078 Catholics (87.3% of 307,098 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 56 priests (49 diocesan, 7 religious), 1 deacon, 38 religious (19 brothers, 19 sisters), 6 seminarians