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Metropolitan see Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte

Bellohorizontin(us)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Christ the King Cathedral, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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Established
1921
Catholics
3,324,000
Priests
711
Territory
7,240 km²

Parishes and churches

254 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo

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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.

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.

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