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Diocese of Luz

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Bishop(s)

  • José Aristeu Vieira, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 5 December 1960
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 24,990 (9,652 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesedeluz.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Oito de Julho 175, 35595-000 Luz, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (037)3421-9000

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Aterrado
18 July 1918ErectedArchdiocese of Mariana
Diocese of Uberaba
Diocese of Aterrado (erected)
11 July 1958Territory LostDiocese of Aterrado (Araujos and Perdigâo)
Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte (Divinópolis, Carmo de Caiurú, Claudio, Itapecerica, Itauna, Mateus Lerne, Nova Serrana, Para de Minas, Pitangui, São Gonçalo de Para, and Onça of Pequi)
Diocese of Divinópolis (erected)
Diocese of Luz
5 December 1960Name ChangedDiocese of Aterrado Diocese of Luz
11 November 1963Territory AddedArchdiocese of Belo Horizonte (Cápela dos Alves in Bom Despacho) Diocese of Luz
10 November 1982Territory LostDiocese of Luz (Desemboque, Sacramento) Archdiocese of Uberaba
10 January 2004Territory LostDiocese of Luz (São Sebastião in Tapira) Archdiocese of Uberaba
29 June 2007Territory LostDiocese of Luz (Nossa Senhora da Abadia (in Matutina), São Sebastião (in São Gotardo), and Santo Antonio (in Tiros)) Diocese of Patos de Minas
19 August 2008Territory LostDiocese of Luz (Saint John the Baptist (in São João Batista do Glória) and Divine Spiritus Sancti (in Delfinópolis)) Diocese of Guaxupé

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Aterrado
1950262,000390,00067.2%201001202,18332ap1951
1957372,530.0%28144202ap1960
Diocese of Luz
1965456,260460,00099.2%28174510,139199139ap1967
1970463,329.0%2222011231ap1971
1976396,410404,50098.0%1834527,623408530ap1977
1980415,000435,00095.4%2126478,829317434ap1981
1990430,000460,00093.5%3126577,543523240ap1991
1999343,400425,20080.8%3418526,603199232ap2000
2000344,350425,96080.8%3819576,041209237ap2001
2001398,000493,02380.7%3819576,982239239ap2002
2002344,350425,96080.8%3718556,260199232ap2003
2003352,000441,00079.8%5019695,101209237ap2004
2004352,800441,00080.0%3820586,082204034ap2005
2013397,000494,00080.4%6213755,293153244ap2014
2016407,000506,00080.4%6711785,217123050ap2017
2019425,826518,20082.2%7315884,838152752ap2020
2021428,617522,09182.1%7314874,926142652ap2022

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


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