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 AntônioSardoáView parish
- Sant’AnaGovernador ValadaresView parish
- Sant’AnaCoroaciView parish
- Sant’AnaResplendorView parish
- Sao SebastiãoGonzagaView parish
- Sao SebastiãoPeriquitoView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusAlpercataView parish
- São Francisco XavierGovernador ValadaresView parish
- São GeraldoSão Geraldo da PiedadeView parish
- São GeraldoSão Geraldo do BaixioView parish
- São GonçaloVirgolândiaView parish
- São JoséMathias LobatoView parish
- São JoséConselheiro PenaView parish
- São JoséSão José da SafiraView parish
- São José OperárioGovernador ValadaresView parish
- São João BatistaFernandes TourinhoView parish
- São João BatistaItuetaView parish
- São João XXIIIGovernador ValadaresView parish
- São Judas TadeuGovernador ValadaresView parish
- São Raimundo NonatoGovernador ValadaresView parish
- São SebastiãoAimorésView parish
- São SebastiãoCapitão AndradeView 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.