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Suffragan diocese Guanhães, Brazil

Diocese of Guanhães

Guanhanen(sis)

Latin Church

Diocese in Guanhaes, Minas Gerais, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Diamantina. Established on 24 May 1985. The current bishop is Dom Otacilio Ferreira de Lacerda, appointed the fourth diocesan bishop in 2019.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de São Miguel, in Guanhães, Brazil.

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Established
1985
Catholics
252,000
Priests
29
Territory
15,047 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Dom Otacílio Ferreira de Lacerda

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The cathedral

Catedral de São Miguel stands in Guanhães, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Within the ecclesiastical province of Diamantina in Brazil, the Diocese of Guanhães (Latin: Dioecesis Guanhanensis) has its seat in the city of Guanhães.

This see in the wire

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  • Diocese de Guanhães promotes virtual formations for catechists

    The Diocese of Guanhães held virtual training sessions for catechists and faith educators from eight catechetical areas during September. These meetings prepared participants for the VI Diocesan Assembly of Pastoral. The sessions used the Diretrizes Gerais da Ação Evangelizadora DGAE 2026 as their basis. The diocesan catechetical ministry organized the meetings to welcome these guidelines.

    Sep 26, 2026 · Education

  • Diocese of Guanhães Liturgical Commission meets

    The Diocesan Liturgy Commission met in Guanhães on September 23 to analyze reports based on feedback from local pastoral communities. Bishop Otacilio attended the meeting along with priests João Carlos, Valter Guedes, José Adriano, and Alisson Sandro. The group reviewed an extensive agenda to address the realities reported by the diocese.

    Sep 23, 2026 · Liturgy

  • Diocese of Guanhães holds ECC evaluation meeting

    The Diocese of Guanhães held a meeting on September 22 to evaluate the progress of the Encontro de Casais com Cristo (ECC) within the diocese. The meeting took place at the Diocesan Curia and included Ederval and Aline, the regional ECC couple for Leste 2, and Sérgio and Maria de Jesus, the sector couple for the Province of Diamantina.

    Sep 23, 2026 · Dioceses

  • Diocese de Guanhães holds II Encontro Vocacional Diocesano

    Aug 29, 2026 · Dioceses

  • Diocese of Guanhães clergy holds spiritual retreat

    Aug 29, 2026 · Dioceses

17 stories in the wire either name this see or come from its own feed. Read the wire.