Diocese of Divinópolis
Divinopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Divinópolis, Brazil
The Diocese of Divinópolis is a Latin Church see in Minas Gerais, Brazil, established in 1958. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and has been led by Bishop Geovane Luís da Silva since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 July 1958
- Latin
- Divinopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001001309
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 612,390
- Population
- 712,636
- Catholic share
- 85.9%
- Priests
- 116
- Catholics per priest
- 5,279
- Extent
- 8,824 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 69
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
- Geovane Luís da Silva
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
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit stands in Divinópolis, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte
- Diocese of LuzLuz
- Diocese of OliveiraOliveira
- Diocese of Sete LagoasSete Lagoas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Divinópolis is the seat of this Brazilian diocese, which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte and bears the Latin name Dioecesis Divinopolitanus.
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].