Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Uberaba / Uberaben(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ituiutaba, Patos de Minas, Uberlândia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 15 (1984)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1907.09.29: Established as Diocese of Uberaba / Uberaben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Diamantina and Diocese of Goiás and became suffragan of Mariana)
1914.04.02: Lost territory to Diocese of Montes Claros
1918.07.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Aterrado
1924.02.01: Became suffragan of Belo Horizonte
1929.03.01: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Paracatu
1955.04.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Patos de Minas
1961.07.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Uberlândia
1962.04.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba / Uberaben(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Patos de Minas and Uberlândia)
1982.10.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ituiutaba and gained suffragan see Ituiutaba
1982.11.10: Gained territory from Diocese of Luz
2002.11.09: Gained territory from Diocese of Patos de Minas

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.03.07 – ...):

Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (73)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Uberaba (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (73)
(2012.03.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil)

Para o serviço à vida

Born:	1951.02.25 (Imbé, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.25

Priest of Caratinga (Brazil) (1979.12.07 – 2005.12.07)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2005.12.07 – 2012.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (2012.03.07 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Formosa (Brazil) (2018.03.21 – 2019.02.27)

Archbishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I.
(1996.02.28 – 2012.03.07)

Christus Dominus

Born:	1936.06.19 (São Vendelino, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.04.21
Died:	2014.04.26 († 77)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (1988.11.09 – 1991.05.15)

Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (1991.05.15 – 1996.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1996.02.28 – 2012.03.07)

Archbishop Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira
(1978.07.14 – 1996.02.28)

In Nomine Domini

Born:	1920.10.09 (Mococa, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.01.25
Died:	2014.08.03 (Uberaba, MG, Brazil † 93)

Titular Bishop of Bitetto (1971.11.29 – 1978.07.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.07.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1978.07.14 – 1996.02.28)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1983 – 1987)

Archbishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral
(1962.04.14 – 1978.07.14)

Born:	1906.06.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1929.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.10.29
Died:	2002.02.05 († 95)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1939.08.05 – 1962.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1962.04.14 – 1978.07.14)

Bishops of Uberaba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral (later Archbishop)
(1939.08.05 – 1962.04.14)

(see above)

Bishop Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap.
(1929.08.02 – 1938.04.12)

Omnia et in omnibus Christus

Born:	1886.03.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1909.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.10.04
Died:	1946.05.05 († 60)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1929.08.02 – 1938.04.12)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1938.04.12 – 1946.05.05)

Venerable Bishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1924.07.04 – 1928.12.17)

Sub umbra alarum tuarum

Born:	1886.02.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1912.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.02.11
Died:	1974.08.15 († 88)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1924.07.04 – 1928.12.17)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1931.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1931.07.10 – 1941.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1941.07.19 – 1963.02.16)

Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus (1963.02.16 – 1971.03.16)

Archbishop and religious of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians).

Bishop José Tupinambá da Frota
(1923.04.06 – 1924.03.10)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:	1882.09.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1905.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.06.29
Died:	1959.09.25 († 77)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1916.01.24 – 1923.04.06)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1923.04.06 – 1924.03.10)

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1924.03.10 – 1959.09.25)

Bishop Eduardo Duarte e Silva (later Archbishop)
(1907.11.06 – 1923.04.06)

Born:	1852.05.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1874.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1891.02.02
Died:	1924.10.16 († 72)

Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1891.01.16 – 1907.11.06)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1907.11.06 – 1923.04.06)

Archbishop ad personam (1923.05.14 – 1924.10.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop José Pedro de Araújo Costa (1968.12.28 – 1978.06.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Uberaba, Minas Gerais
Minor Basilica: Basílica do Santíssimo Sacramento Apresentado pelo Patrocínio de Maria, Sacramento, Minas Gerais
Minor Basilica: Santuário Basílica Nossa Senhora d’Abadia, Uberaba, Minas Gerais
Minor Basilica: Santuário Basílica Nossa Senhora da Abadia de Água Suja, Romaria, Minas Gerais

Churches by City (68)

Barretos (↙), São José do Rio Preto (↙), Ituiutaba (↖), Uberlândia (↑), Patos de Minas (↗), Luz (→), Franca (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,560 km²

Population: 397,060 Catholics (54.8% of 724,761 total)

Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes, 133 missions

Personnel: 83 priests (67 diocesan, 16 religious), 48 deacons, 126 religious (24 brothers, 102 sisters), 12 seminarians