Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Juiz_de_Fora

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora (Latin: Archidioecesis Iudiciforensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Juiz de Fora in Brazil.[1]

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Regional CNBB Leste 2.

History

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Archbishops of Juiz de Fora (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Gil Antônio Moreira (2009.01.28 -
    • Archbishop Eurico dos Santos Veloso (2001.11.28 – 2009.01.28)
    • Archbishop Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. (1991.05.22 – 2001.11.28)
    • Archbishop Juvenal Roriz, C.Ss.R. (1978.05.05 – 1990.02.07)
    • Archbishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido (1962.04.14 – 1977.12.01), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida, São Paulo
  • Bishops of Juiz de Fora (Roman Rite)
    • Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora.
      Bishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido (later Archbishop) (1958.06.09 – 1962.04.14)
    • Ecclesiastical Province of Juiz de Fora.
      Bishop Justino José de Sant'Ana (1924.07.04 – 1958.06.09)

Coadjutor bishop

  • Geraldo María de Morais Penido (1957-1958)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Othon Motta (1953-1955), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro (1973-1987)
  • Eurico dos Santos Veloso (1987-1991), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais (later returned here as Archbishop)
  • Paulo Francisco Machado (2004-2008), appointed Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • José Eugênio Corrêa, appointed Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais in 1957
  • Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 1998
  • Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 1998
  • João Justino de Medeiros Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2011
  • Roberto José da Silva, appointed Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais in 2019

Suffragan dioceses

References

  1. [1]
    "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

Sources

21.7639°S 43.3498°W / -21.7639; -43.3498


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