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Diocese of Patos de Minas

Dioecesis Patensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Cláudio Nori Sturm, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5 April 1955
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Uberaba
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Minas Gerais
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 35,728 (13,799 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 2
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Tiradentes 388, 38700-134 Patos de Minas, MG, Brazil
  • Telephone: (034)3821-3213
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5 April 1955ErectedDiocese of Uberaba (S. Antonio de Patos, N.S. do Rosario de Patos, Araxá, Coromandel, Ibiá, Pratinha, Lagoa Formosa, Sant'Ana de Patos, Presidente Olegario, Patrocinio, Serra do Salitre, Abadia dos Dourados, Monte Carmelo, Perdizes, Carmo do Paranaiba, Desemboque, and ...) Diocese of Patos de Minas (erected)
14 April 1962Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Patos de Minas (from Belo Horizonte)
9 November 2002Territory LostDiocese of Patos de Minas (Araxá) Archdiocese of Uberaba
29 June 2007Territory AddedDiocese of Luz (Nossa Senhora da Abadia (in Matutina), São Sebastião (in São Gotardo), and Santo Antonio (in Tiros)) Diocese of Patos de Minas

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1965331,500396,00083.7%2025457,3663112619ap1967
1970380,000400,00095.0%1922419,2682811022ap1971
1976425,000450,00094.4%2126479,0422910222ap1977
1980383,000407,00094.1%20163610,638286723ap1981
1990710,000760,00093.4%26164216,904257324ap1991
1999421,311495,66085.0%3922616,906286931ap2000
2000438,912516,36885.0%4218607,315336835ap2001
2001439,000517,00084.9%4222646,859365335ap2002
2002420,000480,00087.5%5115666,363365835ap2003
2003432,842519,99983.2%4618646,763234836ap2004
2004393,735529,16274.4%4618646,152296236ap2005
2013477,000616,00077.4%6316796,0371376039ap2014
2016489,000631,00077.5%6813816,0371174542ap2017
2019533,400592,65090.0%6913826,5041144644ap2020
2021541,850602,12090.0%6913826,6071184144ap2022

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 47, Page 580, to Page 582
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 379, to Page 381
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 99, Page 822, and Page 823

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