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Suffragan diocese Itabira–Fabriciano, Brazil

Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano

Itabiren(sis)-Fabriciannen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Itabira-Fabriciano is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, created in 1965 by Pope Paul VI. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mariana with sees in Itabira and Coronel Fabriciano.

On the map

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Itabira–Fabriciano, Brazil, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1965
Catholics
675,975
Priests
73
Territory
8,724 km²

Parishes and churches

50 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

No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Itabira stands in Itabira–Fabriciano, 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

Two cities, Itabira and Coronel Fabriciano, share this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Itabirensis-Fabriciannensis), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.

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