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.
- Santo Antônio da Boa VistaSão João da LagoaView parish
- Santos ReisMontes ClarosView parish
- Santíssimo Coração de JesusCoração de JesusView parish
- Sant’AnaOlhos-D’ÁguaView parish
- Sant’AnaPatisView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusJuramentoView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusLagoa dos PatosView parish
- Senhora Sant’AnaBrasília de MinasView parish
- São Francisco de AssisMontes ClarosView parish
- São GeraldoJaponvarView parish
- São GonçaloFrancisco SáView parish
- São José Carpinteiro e Maria de NazaréMontes ClarosView parish
- São José OperárioMontes ClarosView parish
- São João BatistaMontes ClarosView parish
- São João BatistaTerra BrancaView parish
- São Pedro ApóstoloMontes ClarosView parish
- São SebastiãoMirabelaView parish
- São SebastiãoCampo AzulView parish
- São SebastiãoMontes ClarosView 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.