Metropolitan see Montes Claros, Brazil
Archdiocese of Montes Claros
Montisclaren(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaMontes Claros · CathedralView parish
- Bom JesusClaro dos PoçõesView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoMontes ClarosView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoGuaraciamaView parish
- Menino Jesus de PragaMontes ClarosView parish
- Mãe RainhaMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhor de Montes Claros e São José de AnchietaMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaBocaiúvaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaGlaucilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida e São JoséMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoJequitaíView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoCristáliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoEngenheiro NavarroView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São JoséMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConsolaçãoMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora das Graças e São NorbertoMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroLontraView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro e Todos os SantosMontes ClarosView parish
- Nossa Senhora Rosa MísticaMontes ClarosView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaMontes ClarosView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusBocaiúvaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusMontes ClarosView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaMontes ClarosView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaUbaíView parish
- Santo AntônioGrão MogolView parish
- Santo AntônioItacambiraView parish
- Santo AntônioLuislândiaView parish
- Santo AntônioPonto ChiqueView parish
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.