Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
Bellohorizontin(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Belo Horizonte, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, established as a diocese in 1921 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1924. It is led by Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, in office since 2004, and oversees suffragan dioceses including Divinópolis, Luz, Oliveira, and Sete Lagoas.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1921
- Latin
- Bellohorizontin(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Piety (Nossa Senhora da Piedade)
- Annuario code
- 001000879
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,324,000
- Population
- 4,748,000
- Catholic share
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 711
- Catholics per priest
- 4,675
- Extent
- 7,240 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 459
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
- Archbishop
- Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Belo Horizonte, 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 Belo Horizonte
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DivinópolisDivinópolis
- Diocese of LuzLuz
- Diocese of OliveiraOliveira
- Diocese of Sete LagoasSete Lagoas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Minas Gerais, Brazil's second-most populous state, the Latin Church maintains the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte (Latin: Archidioecesis Bellohorizontinus). Its seat stands in the city of Belo Horizonte at the Our Lady of Good Voyage Cathedral (Portuguese: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem), a church also known simply as the Belo Horizonte Cathedral.
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].