Suffragan diocese Paracatu, Brazil
Diocese of Paracatu
Paracatuen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Paracatu is a Latin Rite diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1962 after originating as a territorial prelature in 1929. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montes Claros.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1962
- Catholics
- 234,000
- Priests
- 51
- Territory
- 54,387 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santo Antônio de PáduaParacatu · CathedralView parish
- Dom BoscoDom BoscoView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoUruanaView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoGuarda-MorView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaArinosView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaLuizlândia do OesteView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaParacatuView parish
- Nossa Senhora da AbadiaFormosoView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoUnaíView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PenaBuritisView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaParacatuView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoParacatuView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoUnaíView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoVazanteView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaCanabravaView parish
- Santa LuziaBuritisView parish
- Santíssimo SacramentoParacatuView parish
- Sant’Ana dos AlegresJoão PinheiroView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusParacatuView parish
- São CristóvãoJoão PinheiroView parish
- São JoséUnaíView parish
- São JoséCabeceira GrandeView parish
- São João BatistaUnaíView parish
- São João Maria VianneyJoão PinheiroView parish
- São João XXIIIParacatuView parish
- São SebastiãoPalmital de MinasView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jorge Alves Bezerra
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The cathedral
Catedral Santo Antonio stands in Paracatu, 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
Seated in the Brazilian city of Paracatu, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Paracatuensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros.