Roman Catholic Diocese of Patos de Minas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Patos de Minas (Latin: Dioecesis Patensis) is a diocese located in the city of Patos de Minas in the ecclesiastical province of Uberaba in Brazil.

Diocese of Patos de Minas Dioecesis Patensis
Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua in 2015
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Uberaba
Statistics
Area	33,068 km2 (12,768 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 529,162 393,735 (74.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	5 April 1955 (69 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Cláudio Nori Sturm, OFMCap
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paulo Mendes Peixoto
Website
www.diocesedepatosdeminas.org.br

Map of the diocese.

Ecclesiastical Province of Uberaba.

Regional CNBB Leste 2.

History

• 5 April 1955: Established as Diocese of Patos de Minas from the Diocese of Uberaba

Bishops

• Bishops of Patos de Minas (Roman rite)
  • Bishop José André Coimbra (1955.06.08 – 1968.08.16)
  • Bishop Jorge Scarso, OFMCap (1968.12.28 – 1992.01.08)
  • Bishop João Bosco Oliver de Faria (1992.01.08 – 2007.05.30), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
  • Bishop Cláudio Nori Sturm, OFMCap (2008.10.08 - present)

Coadjutor bishop

• José Belvino do Nascimento (1987-1989), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais

Auxiliary bishop

• Jorge Scarso, OFMCap (1967-1968), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Paulo Sérgio Machado, appointed Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais in 1989
• José Moreira de Melo, appointed Bishop of Itapeva, Sao PauloPriest in 1996

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)