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Suffragan diocese Paracatu, Brazil

Diocese of Paracatu

Paracatuen(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Santo Antonio, in Paracatu, Brazil.

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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.

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.