Diocese of Araçuaí
Arassuahyen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Araçuaí, Brazil
The Diocese of Araçuaí is a Latin Church diocese in the Vale do Jequitinhonha region of Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected on August 25, 1913 from the Diocese of Diamantina. Geraldo dos Reis Maia was installed as bishop on August 17, 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 August 1913
- Latin
- Arassuahyen(sis)
- Patron
- São José (Saint Joseph)
- Annuario code
- 001000717
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 280,000
- Population
- 420,000
- Catholic share
- 66.7%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 6,829
- Extent
- 23,526 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Geraldo dos Reis Maia
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral São José stands in Araçuaí, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Diamantina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Diamantina.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlmenaraAlmenara
- Archdiocese of DiamantinaDiamantina
- Diocese of GuanhãesGuanhães
- Diocese of Teófilo OtoniTeófilo Otoni
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Araçuaí within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Diamantina, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Arassuahyensis) has the Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Araçuaí as its mother church. As of 2025 its bishop is Geraldo dos Reis Maia.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].