Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Arassuahy, Diocese of

ARASSUAHY, DIOCESI DI

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ARASSUAHY, DIOCESE OF. - In the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil). The city, which stretches over the plateaus west of the Serra do Chifre, is the seat of the diocese, erected on 25 Aug. 1913 with territory taken from the diocese of Diamantina; it was formerly a suffragan of Mariana, then of Diamantina from 28 June 1917. On 2 Apr. 1914 certain districts of the diocese of Montesclaros were annexed to it. The cathedral is dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. It has an area of 73,161 sq. km., with 600,000 inhabitants, of whom 580,000 are Catholics; 29 parishes, 17 diocesan priests and 28 regulars.

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BIBL.: AAS, 5 (1913), p. 430; 6 (1914), p. 188; 10 (1918), p. 50; 26 (1934), p. 301; 29 (1937), p. 215.

Giovanni Meseguer

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1769.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Arassuahy, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1769. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/arassuahy-diocesi-di.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Arassuahy, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1769. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/arassuahy-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Meseguer, Giovanni},
  title     = {Arassuahy, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1769},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/arassuahy-diocesi-di}
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