Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Uberaba, Diocese of

UBERABA, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Uberabensis

UBERABA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil).

It has an area of 92,000 sq. km., with a population of 812,000 inhabitants, of whom 810,000 are Catholics. It has 44 parishes, with 39 diocesan priests and 22 regulars, a minor seminary, 12 male religious communities and 22 female ones.

The diocese was created by a consistorial decree of 29 Nov. 1907, under the title of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Mariana, from which, by another consistorial decree of 1 Feb. 1924, it was transferred by Pope Pius XI to the archdiocese of Belo Horizonte. Its first bishop was Msgr. Edoardo de Silva, d. in 1924.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 437; O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, p. 443 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), coll. 660–661.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Uberaba, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, coll. 660–661. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/uberaba-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Uberaba, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, coll. 660–661. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/uberaba-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec12_uberaba_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Uberaba, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {660--661},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/uberaba-diocesi-di}
}

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