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Metropolitan see Montes Claros, Brazil

Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Montisclaren(sis)

The Archdiocese of Montes Claros is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to an archdiocese in 2001. Its current ordinary is Archbishop Jose Carlos de Souza Campos, who took office in 2023.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida, in Montes Claros, Brazil.

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Established
1910
Catholics
664,000
Priests
129
Territory
45,450 km²

Parishes and churches

49 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
José Carlos de Souza Campos
Born
3 March 1968
Birthplace
Itaúna

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The cathedral

Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Montes Claros, 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

Montes Claros, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, is the seat of a Latin Rite metropolitan archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisclarensis). Its archiepiscopal cathedral in the city is the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida, dedicated to Our Lady of Aparecida.