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

Leopoldina, Diocese of

LEOPOLDINA, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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LEOPOLDINA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

The diocese has an area of 8,197 sq. km., with 450,000 inhabitants, of whom 420,000 are Catholics, distributed in 34 parishes, served by 34 diocesan priests and 8 regulars, one seminary, 2 male religious communities and 15 female (1950).

It was created by Pope Pius XII on 28 March 1942 with the apostolic constitution Quae ad maius, by dismemberment of the archdiocese of Marianna and from the diocese of Juiz de Fora, at the same time raising to cathedral status the church in honor of the martyr St. Sebastian, who is also the patron of the diocese, which is a suffragan of Marianna. The first bishop, from 1943, is Msgr. Delfino Ribeiro Guedes.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 34 (1942), pp. 326-28.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1176.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Leopoldina, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1176. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/leopoldina-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Leopoldina, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1176. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/leopoldina-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Leopoldina, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1176},
  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/leopoldina-diocesi-di}
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