Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares (Latin: Dioecesis Valadarensis) is a diocese located in the city of Governador Valadares in the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.^[1]

Diocese of Governador Valadares Dioecesis Valadarensis
Catedral de Santo Antônio de Pádua
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Mariana
Statistics
Area	15,023 km2 (5,800 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 500,000 350,000 (70.0%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1 February 1956 (69 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Antônio Carlos Félix
Metropolitan Archbishop	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha
Website
www.diocesegv.org.br

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Map of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares.

History

On 1 February 1956 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the Diocese of Araçuaí, the Diocese of Caratinga and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina.^[2][3]

Bishops

• Bishops of Governador Valadares (Latin Church)
  • Hermínio Malzone Hugo (1957.01.29 – 1977.12.07)
  • José Gonçalves Heleno (1977.12.07 – 2001.04.25)
  • Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. (2001.12.19 – 2014.03.06)
  • Antônio Carlos Félix (2014.03.06 -

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Emanuel Messias de Oliveira, appointed Bishop of Guanhães in 1998