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Metropolitan see Mariana, Brazil

Archdiocese of Mariana

Marianen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Mariana is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1745 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1906. Its current ordinary is Archbishop Airton Jose dos Santos.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Metropolitana Basilica Nossa Senhora da Assuncao, in Mariana, Brazil.

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Established
1745
Catholics
1,069,000
Priests
171
Territory
22,680 km²

Parishes and churches

131 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

Archbishop
Airton José dos Santos

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The cathedral

Catedral Metropolitana Basilica Nossa Senhora da Assuncao stands in Mariana, 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

Based in the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, this Latin Church archdiocese is known in Latin as Archidioecesis Marianensis and in Portuguese as Arquidiocese de Mariana.