Diocese of Teófilo Otoni, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Teófilo Otoni / Otonipolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Diamantina

Neighbouring Dioceses: Guanhães (↙), Diamantina (←), Araçuaí (↖), Almenara (↑), Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (→), São Mateus (↘), Governador Valadares (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Imaculada Conceição (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.11.27: Established as Diocese of Teófilo Otoni / Otonipolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Araçuaí and became suffragan of Diamantina)
1981.03.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Almenara

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.11.14 – ...):

Bishop Messias dos Reis Silveira (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Teófilo Otoni (Roman Rite)

Bishop Messias dos Reis Silveira (67)
(2018.11.14 – ...)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil)

Manete in me

Born:	1958.12.25 (Passos, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.11

Priest of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1992.08.11 – 2007.01.03)

Bishop of Uruaçu (Brazil) (2007.01.03 – 2018.11.14)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (2018.11.14 – ...)

Bishop Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral (70)
(2009.11.25 – 2017.09.20)

Bishop emeritus of Sete Lagoas (Brazil)

Revestido de profunda misericórdia

Born:	1955.04.23 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.25

Priest of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1986.01.18 – 2006.02.11)

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum-Bure (2006.02.11 – 2009.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2006.02.11 – 2009.11.25)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (2009.11.25 – 2017.09.20)

Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil) (2017.09.20 – 2020.06.10)

Bishop Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M.
(1998.03.25 – 2009.11.25)

O pouco com Deus é muito

Born:	1934.07.28 (Heerle, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1962.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.10.21
Died:	2019.05.30 (Divinópolis, MG, Brazil † 84)

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (1989.08.02 – 1998.03.25)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1998.03.25 – 2009.11.25)

Bishop Waldemar Chaves de Araújo (91)
(1989.11.18 – 1996.06.26)

Bishop emeritus of São João del Rei (Brazil)

Oportet obœdire Deo

Born:	1934.07.23 (Bom Despacho, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1962.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.03

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1989.11.18 – 1996.06.26)

Bishop of São João del Rei (Brazil) (1996.06.26 – 2010.05.26)

Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. (86)
(1985.08.03 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop emeritus of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

A serviço do Evangelho

Born:	1939.12.01 (Muzambinho, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.03.10

Titular Bishop of Ulcinj (1984.01.21 – 1984.11.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1984.01.21 – 1984.11.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1984.11.12 – 1985.08.03)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1985.08.03 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2015.12.02)

Bishop Quirino Adolfo Schmitz, O.F.M.
(1960.12.22 – 1985.08.03)

Evangelio inhærere

Born:	1918.11.22 (Gaspar, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.04.25
Died:	2007.07.20 (Teófilo Otoni, MG, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1960.12.22 – 1985.08.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. (86) (1984.11.12 – 1985.08.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. (86) (1984.01.21 – 1984.11.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. (1980.03.14 – 1983.04.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora Imaculada Conceição, Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais

Churches by City (51)

Guanhães (↙), Diamantina (←), Araçuaí (↖), Almenara (↑), Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (→), São Mateus (↘), Governador Valadares (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,376 km²

Population: 331,000 Catholics (66.6% of 497,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 680 missions

Personnel: 63 priests (50 diocesan, 13 religious), 58 religious (14 brothers, 44 sisters), 26 seminarians