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Diocese of Caratinga

Dioecesis Caratingensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 15 December 1915
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mariana
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 15,088 (5,827 Square Miles)
  • Description: Caratinga, Carangola, Inhapim, Ipanema Manhuaçu, and Santa Margarida
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesecaratinga.org.br
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Praca Cesario Alvim 156, 35300-036 Caratinga; C.P. 13, 35300-970 Caratinga, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (033)3321.4600
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
15 December 1915ErectedDiocese of Amazonas (Caratinga, Manhuaçu, Carangola, José Pedro (Ipanema), Mutum, and Aimorés) Diocese of Caratinga (erected)
1 February 1956Territory LostDiocese of Araçuaí (Arassuaí) (Galilee and part of Governador Valadares, and part of Aimorés, Conselheiro Pena, Itueta, and Resplendor)
Diocese of Caratinga (Itanhoni, Mutum, Pocrane, and Tumiritinga along with part of Governador Valadares, and parts of Aimorés, Conselheiro Pena, Itueta, and Resplendor)
Archdiocese of Diamantina (Açucena, Coroací, Virginópolis, and Virgoländia, and part of Governador Valadares)
Diocese of Governador Valadares (erected)
8 April 1976Territory AddedDiocese of Governador Valadares (São Manoel de Mutum and Nossa Senhora da Penha in Pocrane) Diocese of Caratinga
8 April 1976Territory LostDiocese of Caratinga (Engenheiro Caldas, Sobrália, and Fernandes Tourinho) Diocese of Governador Valadares

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950750,000800,00093.8%31205114,705268932ap1951
1959480,000520,00092.3%3425598,1355314635ap1960
1965691,400751,35092.0%26255113,5562512041ap1967
1970775,000844,00091.8%27265314,622358041ap1971
1976803,700886,60090.6%25275215,4554912142ap1977
1980569,000600,50094.8%25295410,5374212939ap1981
1990715,000753,00095.0%26204615,5434411240ap1991
1999512,500597,50085.8%4117588,8362813245ap2000
2000527,100620,00085.0%4216589,0872312946ap2001
2001541,100636,47185.0%4017579,4925212746ap2002
2002541,000636,47085.0%4019599,1693812646ap2003
2003548,060637,28086.0%4422668,3032812546ap2004
2004539,630637,28084.7%4622687,9352412646ap2005
2006549,000652,00084.2%4921707,8423612646ap2007
2013598,000713,20083.8%5925847,119379148ap2014
2016611,000725,00084.3%6125867,1041379452ap2017
2019625,760742,50084.3%6325887,110289054ap2020
2021504,212713,17070.7%7028985,14523210355ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 8, Page 8
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 354, and Page 355

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