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Diocese of Montes Claros
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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.
- Archbishop
- José Carlos de Souza Campos
- Latin name
- Montisclaren(sis)
- Erected
- 10 December 1910
- Cathedral
- Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida
- Patron
- Our Lady of Aparecida
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Montes Claros
- Catholics
- 664,000
- Chancery
- Cúria Metropolitana, Praça Dr. Chaves 52, C.P. 40, 39400-005 Montes Claros, MG, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [038]3221-8728
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Janaúba 119 km
- Diocese of Diamantina 172 km
- Diocese of Araçuaí 193 km
- Diocese of Januária 211 km
- Diocese of Manga BF 219 km
- Diocese of Guanhães 250 km
Parishes near the see
- Divino Espírito Santo · Montes Claros 2 km
- Mãe Rainha · Montes Claros 2 km
- Menino Jesus de Praga · Montes Claros 2 km
- Nossa Senhor de Montes Claros e São José de Anchieta · Montes Claros 2 km
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida e São José · Montes Claros 2 km
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São José · Montes Claros 2 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001002284 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08