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Diocese of Janaúba

Dioecesis Ianaubena



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5 July 2000
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Montes Claros
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 29,296 (11,315 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedejanauba.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Praca Dr. Mauricio Azevedo 66, 39440-000 Janauba, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (038)3821-6851

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5 July 2000ErectedDiocese of Januária (Espinosa, Mamonas, Monte Azul, Gameleira, Catuti, Mato Verde, Jaiba, and Matos Cardoso)
Diocese of Montes Claros (Janauba, Porteirinha, Pai Pedro, Serranópolis, Nova Porteirinha, Riacho dos Machados, Varzelândia, Ibiracatu, Verdelândia, Rio Pardo de Minas, Montezuma, Indaiabira, Santo Antonio do Retiro, Vargem Grande, São João do Paraíso, and Ninheira)
Diocese of Janaúba (erected)
25 April 2001Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Janaúba (from Diamantina)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
2000320,000381,58583.9%131324,6151513ap2001
2001320,000381,58583.9%1511620,00012311ap2002
2002323,000385,00083.9%151521,5332311ap2003
2003305,211362,40084.2%161619,0752911ap2004
2004305,211362,40084.2%1611717,953212812ap2005
2006310,000369,00084.0%1912015,5002153411ap2007
2013342,000403,00084.9%343379,2432171629ap2014
2016350,800412,00085.1%333369,744231630ap2017
2019362,296383,42394.5%363399,28932234ap2020
2021360,830381,80094.5%373409,020232233ap2022

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 93, Page 124, and Page 125
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 427, and Page 428

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