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Suffragan diocese Oliveira, Brazil

Diocese of Oliveira

Oliveiren(sis)

The Diocese of Oliveira is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Minas Gerais, created in 1941 by Pope Pius XII. It is led by Bishop Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro, appointed in 2007.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora de Oliveira, in Oliveira, Brazil.

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Established
1941
Catholics
268,078
Priests
56
Territory
7,738 km²

Parishes and churches

27 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

Bishop
Miguel Ângelo Freitas Ribeiro
Born
26 November 1958
Birthplace
Itaguara

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora de Oliveira stands in Oliveira, 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

The city of Oliveira holds the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Oliveirensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.