Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Historical Details

• Diocese of Montes Claros
  • Latin Name: Montisclarensis
  • Erected: 10 December 1910
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Diamantina
  • Country: Brazil

Past and Present Ordinaries

• João Antônio Pimenta † (7 Mar 1911 Appointed - 20 Jul 1943 Died)
• Aristides de Araújo Porto † (20 Jul 1943 Succeeded - 7 Apr 1947 Died)
• Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † (29 Sep 1948 Appointed - 17 Nov 1951 Appointed, Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco)
• Luís Victor Sartori † (4 Mar 1952 Appointed - 10 Jan 1956 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul)
• José Alves de Sá Trindade † (27 May 1956 Appointed - 1 Jun 1988 Retired)
• Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. † (1 Jun 1988 Succeeded - 7 Feb 2007 Retired)
• José Alberto Moura, C.S.S. (7 Feb 2007 Appointed - 21 Nov 2018 Retired)
• João Justino de Medeiros Silva (21 Nov 2018 Succeeded - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Montes Claros
1950	700,000	701,000	99.9%	18	15	33	21,212		8	41	26	ap1951
1965	580,000	600,000	96.7%	19	18	37	15,675		18	72	21	ap1967
1968	625,000	650,000	96.2%	15	23	38	16,447		31	60	18	ap1971
1976	600,000	660,000	90.9%	17	18	35	17,142		28	52	23	ap1977
1980	647,000	704,000	91.9%	14	21	35	18,485		34	49	23	ap1981
1987	832,000	902,000	92.2%	20	24	44	18,909		33	92	27	ap1991
1999	993,000	1,078,000	92.1%	27	23	50	19,860		33	129	34	ap2000
2000	650,000	762,000	85.3%	23	23	46	14,130	1	42	114	29	ap2001
Archdiocese of Montes Claros
2001	609,604	762,005	80.0%	21	24	45	13,546	1	48	127	31	ap2002
2002	609,604	762,005	80.0%	24	26	50	12,192	1	53	100	31	ap2003
2003	586,143	732,679	80.0%	30	23	53	11,059	8	61	80	42	ap2004
2004	549,509	732,679	75.0%	31	30	61	9,008	9	49	80	37	ap2005
2013	659,000	811,000	81.3%	72	34	106	6,216	18	50	101	57	ap2014
2016	675,000	832,000	81.1%	78	40	118	5,720	19	50	99	63	ap2017
2019	678,806	860,299	78.9%	83	36	119	5,704	43	53	62	64	ap2020

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• João Justino de Medeiros Silva (Coadjutor Archbishop: 22 Feb 2017; Archbishop: 21 Nov 2018)
• José Alberto Moura, C.S.S. (Archbishop: 7 Feb 2007 to 21 Nov 2018)
• Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior (Deacon: 19 Jul 1987; Priest: 10 Mar 1988 to 4 Nov 2020)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † (Bishop: 29 Sep 1948 to 17 Nov 1951)
• José Alves de Sá Trindade † (Bishop: 27 May 1956 to 1 Jun 1988)
• Aristides de Araújo Porto † (Coadjutor Bishop: 8 May 1931; Bishop: 20 Jul 1943 to 7 Apr 1947)
• Geraldo Majela (João José) de Castro, O. Praem. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 15 Jun 1982; Bishop: 1 Jun 1988; Archbishop: 25 Apr 2001 to 7 Feb 2007)
• João Antônio Pimenta † (Bishop: 7 Mar 1911 to 20 Jul 1943)
• Luís Victor Sartori † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1952 to 10 Jan 1956)