GUAXUPÉ, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil, erected by Pope Benedict XV on 3 February 1916 by dismemberment of the diocese of Porto Alegre. It was first a suffragan of the archdiocese of Marianna, then from 1924 of Belo Horizonte.
The diocese has an area of 21,000 sq km with a population of 575,000 inhabitants, of whom 572,000 are Catholics. It has 47 parishes, with 49 diocesan priests and 34 regulars, one seminary, 12 male religious communities and 23 female ones (1949).
BibliographyV. s. v. in Cath. Enc., Supplement (1922), p. 355.
BIBL.: V. s. v. in Cath. Enc., Supplement (1922), p. 355.
Josi, Enrico. “Guaxupé, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1216. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guaxupe-diocesi-di.
MLA
Josi, Enrico. “Guaxupé, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1216. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guaxupe-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_guaxupe_diocesi_di,
author = {Josi, Enrico},
title = {Guaxupé, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1216},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guaxupe-diocesi-di}
}
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