Diocese of Paracatu, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Paracatu / Paracatuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Montes Claros

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ipameri (←), Luziânia (↖), Brasília (↖), Formosa (↑), Bom Jesus da Lapa (↗), Januária (↗), Montes Claros (→), Patos de Minas (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Carmo (July 16)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1929.03.01: Established as Territorial Prelature of Paracatu / Paracatuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Montes Claros and Diocese of Uberaba and became suffragan of Diamantina)
1957.06.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Januária
1962.04.14: Promoted as Diocese of Paracatu / Paracatuen(sis) (Latin)
1964.01.20: Gained territory from Diocese of Januária
1966.10.11: Became suffragan of Brasília
2001.04.25: Became suffragan of Montes Claros

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.11.07 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. (71)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Paracatu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra, S.S.S. (71)
(2012.11.07 – ...)

Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil)

Totus Dei

Born:	1955.04.23 (São João de Meriti, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.08.10

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (2008.05.21 – 2012.11.07)

Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (2012.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Leonardo de Miranda Pereira (90)
(1986.05.06 – 2012.11.07)

Bishop emeritus of Paracatu (Brazil)

In viam pacis

Born:	1936.05.31 (Diamantina, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.08.09

Priest of Diamantina (Brazil) (1959.12.08 – 1986.05.06)

Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (1986.05.06 – 2012.11.07)

Bishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm. (93) (later Archbishop)
(1979.03.29 – 1985.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Olinda e Recife (Brazil)

In obsequio Jesu Christi

Born:	1933.06.30 (Caruaru, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27

Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (1979.03.29 – 1985.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1985.04.02 – 2009.07.01)

Bishop Raimundo Luí, O. Carm.
(1962.06.11 – 1977.07.20)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1912.07.22 (Itú, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.29
Died:	1994.08.10 († 82)

Bishop of Paracatu (Brazil) (1962.06.11 – 1977.07.20)

Prelates of Paracatu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm.
(1940.05.25 – 1962.04.14)

Born:	1880.12.29 (Harderwijk, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1905.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.10.27
Died:	1966.01.25 († 85)

Apostolic Administrator of Paracatu (Brazil) (1929 – 1940.05.25)

Bishop-Prelate of Paracatu (Brazil) (1940.05.25 – 1962.04.14)

Titular Bishop of Gor (1940.05.25 – 1966.01.25)

Fr. Eliseu van der Weijer, O. Carm. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1929 – 1940.05.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, Paracatu, Minas Gerais

Churches by City (28)

Ipameri (←), Luziânia (↖), Brasília (↖), Formosa (↑), Bom Jesus da Lapa (↗), Januária (↗), Montes Claros (→), Patos de Minas (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 54,387 km²

Population: 219,000 Catholics (63.5% of 344,941 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes, 600 missions

Personnel: 51 priests (46 diocesan, 5 religious), 25 deacons, 11 religious (5 brothers, 6 sisters), 12 seminarians