Suffragan diocese Governador Valadares, Brazil
Diocese of Governador Valadares
Valadaren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Governador Valadares is a Latin Church diocese in eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mariana. It was established by Pope Pius XII in 1956.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1956
- Catholics
- 319,894
- Priests
- 71
- Territory
- 15,023 km²
Parishes and churches
52 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santo Antônio de PáduaGovernador Valadares · CathedralView parish
- Cristo RedentorGrã DuquesaView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoDivino das LaranjeirasView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoIpêView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaIlha dos AraújosView parish
- Nossa Senhora AuxiliadoraGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Nossa Senhora da AssunçãoTurmalinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoSobráliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PenhaNacip RaydanView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PiedadeAçucenaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da SaúdeAlvarengaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaVila IsaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de GuadalupeNova JKView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoAimorésView parish
- RessurreiçãoGoiabeiraView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaJardim PérolaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusCuparaqueView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusItanhomiView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusTumiritingaView parish
- Santa BárbaraEngenheiro CaldasView parish
- Santa EfigêniaSanta Efigênia de MinasView parish
- Santa HelenaGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Santa LuisaMarilacView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaSanta Rita do ItuêtoView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Santa TerezinhaGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Santo AntônioNaqueView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antônio Carlos Félix
- Born
- 5 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Caldas
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Anthony of Padua stands in Governador Valadares, 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
Governador Valadares gives its name to this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Valadarensis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Mariana.