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Diocese of São João del Rei
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Latin Catholic diocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil, erected in 1960 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora. Its see is the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in São João del Rei.
- Bishop
- José Eudes Campos do Nascimento
- Latin name
- Sancti Ioannis a Rege
- Erected
- 21 May 1960
- Cathedral
- Catedral Basílica Nossa Senhora do Pilar
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Pillar
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Juiz de Fora (Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora)
- Catholics
- 506,000
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Praça Frei Orlando 130, 36307-352 São João del Rei, MG, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [032]3371-1011; Tel. e fax 3371-4746
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Oliveira 76 km
- Diocese of Juiz de Fora 118 km
- Diocese of Mariana 120 km
- Diocese of Divinópolis 129 km
- Diocese of Valença 136 km
- Diocese of Belo Horizonte 139 km
Parishes near the see
- Imaculada Conceição · São João del Rei <1 km
- São Francisco de Assis · São João del Rei <1 km
- São José Operário · São João del Rei <1 km
- São Judas Tadeu · São João del Rei <1 km
- Senhor Bom Jesus do Monte · São João del Rei <1 km
- São Sebastião · Rio das Mortes 9 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002991 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08