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Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre

Archidioecesis Pouso Alegre
Location
CountryBrazil
Statistics
Area12,620 km2 (4,870 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
730,918
660,580 (90.4%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established4 August 1900 (124 years ago)
CathedralGood Jesus Cathedral, Pouso Alegre
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Luiz Majella Delgado
Website
arquidiocesepa.org.br

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre (Template:Lang-la) is an archdiocese located in the city of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.[1]

History

On 4 August 1900, Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Pouso Alegre from the Diocese of Mariana. Blessed John XXIII elevated the diocese to the a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 14 April 1962.[2][3]

Special churches

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Coadjutor bishop

  • Oscar de Oliveira (1954-1959), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Suffragan dioceses

Sources

  1. ^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  3. ^ a b "Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

22°13′52″S 45°56′10″W / 22.2310°S 45.9361°W / -22.2310; -45.9361