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Suffragan diocese Caratinga, Brazil

Diocese of Caratinga

Caratingen(sis)

The Diocese of Caratinga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, erected in 1915. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral São João Batista, in Caratinga, Brazil.

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Established
1915
Catholics
549,000
Priests
106
Territory
15,085 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Juarez Delorto Secco

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The cathedral

Catedral São João Batista stands in Caratinga, 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

Caratinga, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Mariana, hosts a Roman Catholic diocese bearing the Latin name Dioecesis Caratingensis.