Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba is a diocese
located in the city of Ituiutaba
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Uberaba
in Brazil.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Ituiutaba
Ituiutaba
Ituiutaba is a city and municipality in the western part of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Elevated to city status in 1901, it had a population in 2007 of 100,316 and a total area in the municipality of 2,694 km²...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Uberaba
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Uberaba
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Uberaba is an archdiocese located in the city of Uberaba in Brazil.-History:* September 29, 1907: Established as Diocese of Uberaba from the Diocese of Goiás* April 14, 1962: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba...
in Brazil.
History
- October 16, 1982: Established as Diocese of Ituiutaba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba and Diocese of Uberlândia
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Ituiutaba (Roman rite)- Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (2007.09.19 – present)
- Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22)
- Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J.Priests of the Sacred HeartThe Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus constitute a Roman Catholic religious order of priests, founded by Leon Dehon in 1878.The order runs the Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin....
(later Archbishop) (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09)