Archdiocese of Mariana

Archidioecesis Marianensis

Arquidiocese de Mariana
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption, Mariana
Location
CountryBrazil
Statistics
Area22,680 km2 (8,760 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
1,274,000 (est.)
1,069,000 (est.) (83.9%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established6 December 1745 (278 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção
Secular priests171 (diocesan)
24 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopAirton José dos Santos
Website
www.arqmariana.com.br
Regional CNBB Leste 2.
Map of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana (Latin: Archidioecesis Marianensis, Portuguese: Arquidiocese de Mariana) is an archdiocese based in the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.[1]

Geography

The archdiocese owns the parishes in seventy nine municipalities in four main regions in the state of Minas Gerais.[2]

Intermediate Geographic Region of Belo Horizonte

One region at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Belo Horizonte.

Five municipalities.

Immediate Geographic Region of Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto

Five municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Santa Bárbara-Ouro Preto.

Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena

Two regions at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.

Twenty eight municipalities.

Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena

Ten municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Barbacena.

Immediate Geographic Region of Conselheiro Lafaiete

Eighteen municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Conselheiro Lafaiete.

Intermediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora

Six regions at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora.

Forty five municipalities.

Immediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora

Two municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Juiz de Fora.

Immediate Geographic Region of Carangola

One municipality at the Immediate Geographic Region of Carangola.

Immediate Geographic Region of Manhuaçu

Two municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Manhuaçu.

Immediate Geographic Region of Viçosa

Sixteen municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Viçosa.

Immediate Geographic Region of Ponte Nova

Seventeen municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Ponte Nova.

Immediate Geographic Region of Ubá

Seven municipalities at the Immediate Geographic Region of Ubá.

Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga

One region at the Intermediate Geographic Region of Ipatinga.

One municipality.

Immediate Geographic Region of Caratinga

One municipality at the Immediate Geographic Region of Caratinga.

History

On 6 December 1745 the Diocese of Mariana was established with territory taken from the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.

In 1748, after release from prison, formerly enslaved prostitute Rosa Egipcíaca began to preach to crowds about her religious visions. In 1749 she was accused of witchcraft by the Bishop of Mariana and whipped in Vila de Mariana as a punishment.[3] This punishment paralysed the right side of her body for the rest of her life.[4] Egipcíaca became the first black woman in Brazil to write book, which was entitled Sagrada Teologia do Amor Divino das Almas Peregrinas.[5]

On 1 May 1906 it was promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana. By 2013 there was one priest for every 5,482 Catholics.

Special churches

Archdiocesan Sanctuaries

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Archbishops of Mariana (Roman rite), below
  • Bishops of Mariana (Roman Rite), below
    • Silvério Gomes Pimenta (later Archbishop) (1897.12.03 – 1906.05.01)
    • Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides (1877.06.25 – 1896.07.15)
    • Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M. (1844.01.12 – 1875.08.05)[6]
    • Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura (1840 – 1840)[7]
    • José da Santíssima Trindade Leite, O.F.M. (1819.09.27 – 1835.09.28)[8]
    • Cypriano de São José, O.F.M. (1797.07.24 – 1817.08.14)[9]
    • Domingos da Encarnação Pontevel, O.P. (1779.03.01 – 1795.06.16)[10]
    • Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis (孟主教) (1773.03.08 – 1778.08.28)[11]
    • Joaquim Borges de Figueroa (later Archbishop) (1771.06.17 – 1773.03.08)[12]
    • Manoel da Cruz Nogueira, O.Cist. (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03)[13]

Coadjutor bishops

  • Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1922)
  • Oscar de Oliveira (1959-1960)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Silvério Gomes Pimenta (1890-1896), appointed Bishop here
  • Modesto Augusto Vieira (1914-1916)
  • Antônio Augusto de Assis (1918-1931) (appointed Archbishop (personal title) when appointed Auxiliary Bishop here); appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Jaboticabal, São Paulo
  • Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves (1947-1958), appointed Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • João Antônio dos Santos, appointed bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais in 1863
  • Silvério Gomes Pimenta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais in 1890
  • Joaquim Silvério de Souza, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantina in 1901
  • Prudêncio Gomes da Silva, appointed Bishop of Goias in 1908
  • Modesto Augusto Vieira, appointed Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso in 1911
  • José Maria Parreira Lara, appointed Bishop of Amazonas on March 27, 1924, and then Bishop of Santos, São Paulo on December 18, 1924
  • Aristides de Araújo Porto, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais in 1931
  • Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais in 1932; future Cardinal
  • Rodolfo das Merces de Oliveira Pena, appointed Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia in 1935
  • Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D, appointed Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana in 1946
  • Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais in 1947
  • José Alves de Sá Trindade, appointed Bishop of Bomfim, Bahia in 1948
  • Oscar de Oliveira, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais in 1954
  • Jose Nicodemes Grossi, appointed Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia in 1962
  • José Francisco Versiani Velloso, appointed Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias in 1966
  • José Heleno, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais in 1976
  • Hélio Gonçalves Heleno, appointed Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais in 1978
  • Geraldo Majela Reis, appointed Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul in 1978
  • Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Paraná in 1980
  • Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, F.D.P, appointed Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocantis, in 1981
  • José Belvino do Nascimento, appointed Bishop of Itumbiara, Goias in 1981
  • Francisco Barroso Filho, appointed Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais in 1983
  • Raymundo Damasceno de Assis, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brasilia, Distrito Federal in 1986, future Cardinal
  • Joaquim Gioavani Mol Guimarães, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2006
  • José Eudes Campos do Nascimento, appointed Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais in 2012
  • Geovane Luís da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2016
  • Walter Jorge Pinto, appointed Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana in 2019
  • Valter Magno de Carvalho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Bahia in 2020
  • Nivaldo dos Santos Ferreira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2020
  • Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa, appointed Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo in 2021
  • Geraldo de Souza Rodrigues, appointed Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais in 2023

Suffragan dioceses

References

  1. ↑ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  2. ↑ Parábola, Agência. "Paróquias". Arquidiocese de Mariana - MG. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  3. ↑ "Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade". enslaved.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  4. ↑ "Egipcíaca, Rosa | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  5. ↑ Martins, Ana Margarida (2019). "Teresa Margarida da Silva Orta (1711–1793): A Minor Transnational of the Brown Atlantic". Portuguese Studies. 35 (2): 136–53. doi:10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136. ISSN 0267-5315. JSTOR 10.5699/portstudies.35.2.0136. S2CID 213802402.
  6. ↑ Gams, p. 136.
  7. ↑ Approved by Pope Gregory XVI on 17 December 1840. Gams, p. 136.
  8. ↑ Leite was presented by the King on 13 May 1818, approved by Pope Pius VII on 9 September 1819, and consecrated on 9 April 1820. Gams, p. 136.
  9. ↑ Cypriano de São José was born in Lisbon. He was a lecturer in philosophy and theology in houses of his Order, and became a Conciniator in the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Bemposta. He became a Master of Theology (1795). He was Visitor General of his Order in the Province of San Antonio on three occasions. He was presented as Bishop of Mariana by the Queen, and approved by Pope Pius VI on 24 July 1797. Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 6.
  10. ↑ Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 5.
  11. ↑ Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 4.
  12. ↑ Figuera was born in Lisbon, and became Doctor in utroque iure at the University of Coimbra. He served as judge in the Apostolic Nunciature in Portugal. He was presented to the bishopric by the King on 21 March 1771, and approved by Pope Clement XIV on 17 June 1771. He was promoted to the Archdiocese of Bahia on 8 March 1773. Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 3.
  13. ↑ Nogueira was Master of Theology (1726), and was named Abbot of Coimbra. He was Definitor and Master of Novices at the monastery of Santa Maria Alcobacensis. He then became bishop of São Luís de Maranhão (1738-1745). He was presented to the bishopric of Mariana by the King on 1 September 1745, and approved by Pope Benedict XIV on 15 December 1745. Ritzler, VI, p. 268 and p. 276 with note 2.

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