Diocese of

Patos de Minas

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Patos de Minas / Paten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Uberaba

Neighbouring Dioceses: Uberaba (↙), Uberlândia (←), Ipameri (↖), Paracatu (↑), Montes Claros (↗), Diamantina (→), Luz (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anthony of Padua

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1955.04.05: Established as Diocese of Patos de Minas / Paten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Uberaba and became suffragan of Belo Horizonte)
1959.11.21: Exchanged territory with Diocese of Aterrado
1962.04.14: Became suffragan of Uberaba
2002.11.09: Lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.10.08 – ...):

Bishop Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap. (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Patos de Minas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap. (72)
(2008.10.08 – ...)

Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

Permanecei no amor

Born:	1953.05.12 (Ubiretama, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.12.05

Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (2008.10.08 – ...)

Bishop João Bosco Óliver de Faria (86) (later Archbishop)
(1992.01.08 – 2007.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Diamantina (Brazil)

Só o Amor Constrói

Born:	1939.10.30 (São João del Rei, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.10.12

Priest of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1968.07.03 – 1987.08.05)

Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (1987.08.05 – 1992.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1987.08.05 – 1992.01.08)

Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1992.01.08 – 2007.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (2007.05.30 – 2016.03.09)

Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap.
(1968.12.28 – 1992.01.08)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1916.08.13 (Modica, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1942.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.03.25
Died:	2015.10.28 († 99)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1967.11.29 – 1968.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1967.11.29 – 1968.12.28)

Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1968.12.28 – 1992.01.08)

Bishop José André Coimbra
(1955.06.08 – 1968.08.16)

Born:	1900.11.10 (Carbonita, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1924.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.07.24
Died:	1968.08.16 († 67)

Bishop of Barra do Piraí (Brazil) (1938.02.26 – 1955.06.08)

Bishop of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1955.06.08 – 1968.08.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento (1987.02.06 – 1989.02.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. (1967.11.29 – 1968.12.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (53)

Uberaba (↙), Uberlândia (←), Ipameri (↖), Paracatu (↑), Montes Claros (↗), Diamantina (→), Luz (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 35,728 km²

Population: 522,000 Catholics (90.1% of 579,308 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes

Personnel: 83 priests (69 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 47 religious (15 brothers, 32 sisters), 22 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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