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Diocese of Oliveira

Dioecesis Oliveirensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 20 December 1941
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 7,990 (3,086 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseoliveira.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Praca Dona Manoelita Chagas 40, 35540-000 Oliveira, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (037)3331-1986

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
20 December 1941ErectedArchdiocese of Belo Horizonte (Oliveira, Carino de Mata, Japão, São Francisco de Paula, Boni Successo, Sauf Jago, Passa Tempo, S. João Batista, Santo Antonio do Amparo, Campo Bello, Sant'Anna do Joceré, Cristeis, Candeias, Cana Verde, Perdões, and Riberão Vermelho) Diocese of Oliveira (erected)
26 April 1958Territory AddedArchdiocese of Belo Horizonte (Itaguara, Piracema, and Desterro De Entre Bios) Diocese of Oliveira
11 November 1963Territory AddedArchdiocese of Belo Horizonte (Povoado dos Lopes in Candeias) Diocese of Oliveira

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1948198,000171711,6473917ap1951
1965187,150190,35598.3%2311345,504106023ap1967
1968232,230248,05093.6%2010307,741106718ap1971
1976196,200200,35097.9%168248,17584029ap1977
1980212,620216,54098.2%1451911,19054224ap1981
1990242,000255,00094.9%267337,33371724ap1991
1999269,000285,00094.4%263299,275101725ap2000
2000233,613245,40495.2%298376,313102325ap2001
2001225,300250,34290.0%263297,76831225ap2002
2002225,300253,00089.1%328405,632121726ap2003
2003266,000300,00088.7%328406,650462126ap2004
2004285,000300,00095.0%317387,50071926ap2005
2013313,000331,00094.6%459545,796202228ap2014
2016322,000339,00095.0%4410545,962221929ap2017
2019257,500295,00087.3%449534,8581221530ap2020
2021261,550299,68087.3%4810584,5091211730ap2022

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 34, Page 121, to Page 123
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 706, and Page 707
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 56, Page 265, to Page 267

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