Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Juiz de Fora, Diocese of

JUIZ DE FORA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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JUIZ DE FORA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

It has an area of 15,269 sq. km. with 558,000 inhabitants, of whom 550,000 are Catholics; it has 55 parishes, served by 47 diocesan priests and 47 regulars, one seminary, 5 male religious communities and 29 female ones (1949).

The diocese was created by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Ad sacrosancti apostolatus of 1 February 1924, by dismemberment of the archdiocese of Marianna, raising the parish church of St. Anthony of Padua to the rank of cathedral.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 16 (1924), pp. 421-23.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 623.

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Josi, Enrico. “Juiz de Fora, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 623. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/juiz-de-fora-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Juiz de Fora, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 623. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/juiz-de-fora-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Juiz de Fora, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {623},
  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/juiz-de-fora-diocesi-di}
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