Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba

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Diocese of Ituiutaba
Dioecesis Ituiutabensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Uberaba
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 22,742 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
345,000 (2006)
295,000 (85.5%)
Cathedral: Catedral São José
Ordinaries
Bishop: Francisco Carlos da Silva

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba {Latin: Ituiutaben(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Ituiutaba in the Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba in Brazil.

[edit] History

  • October 16, 1982: Established as Diocese of Ituiutaba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba and Diocese of Uberlândia

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Ituiutaba (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (2007.09.19 – present)
    • Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22)
    • Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J. (later Archbishop) (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09)

[edit] References

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