Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana

Archdiocese of Mariana

*Archidioecesis Marianensis*

Arquidiocese de Mariana
Archdiocese of Mariana; Archidioecesis Marianensis; Arquidiocese de Mariana
	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Assumption, Mariana
Location
Country	Brazil
Statistics
Area	22,680 km2 (8,760 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2013); 1,274,000 (est.); 1,069,000 (est.) (83.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	6 December 1745 (278 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção
Secular priests	171 (diocesan); 24 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Airton José dos Santos
Website
	www.arqmariana.com.br

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]

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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.

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.

Pedra Bonita

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.

Raul Soares

History

On 6 December 1745, the diocese of Mariana was established with territory taken from the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.^{[citation needed]}

In 1748, after being released 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 as a punishment.^[3] This punishment paralysed the right side of her body for the rest of her life.^[4] She became the first black woman in Brazil to write a book, entitled Sagrada Teologia do Amor Divino das Almas Peregrinas.^[5]

On 1 May 1906, it was promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana.^{[citation needed]} By 2013 there was one priest for every 5,482 Catholics.^{[citation needed]}

Special churches

Minor Basilicas:
- Catedral Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Mariana
- Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus, Congonhas do Campo
- Basílica Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Conselheiro Lafaiete
- Basílica São José Operário, Barbacena
- Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Pilar Ouro Preto

Archdiocesan Sanctuaries

- Santuário Santa Rita de Cássia, Viçosa
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora das Graças, Urucânia
- Santuário de Santana do Deserto (Distrito de Santana do Deserto), Rio Doce
- Santuário de São Sebastião, Raul Soares
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Mariana
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Ouro Preto
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, Itabirito
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Barbacena
- Santuário de São Judas Tadeu, Conselheiro Lafaiete
- Santuário de Nossa Senhora das Graças, Catas Altas da Noruega
- Santuário Nossa Senhora Mãe dos Homens (Santuário do Caraça), Catas Altas
- Santuário Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Senador Firmino
- Santuário São João Batista, Barão de Cocais
- Santuário Bom Jesus do Bacalhau, Piranga

Parishes of the Archdiocese of Mariana

The Archdiocese of Mariana is divided into 5 Pastoral Regions to give more dynamism in the Evangelization in the communities and parishes that are present in the Archdiocese.

Northern Pastoral Region (Região Pastoral Norte)
Curato de Nossa Senhora das Graças Santa Bárbara
Paróquia Bom Jesus do Monte (Furquim) Mariana
Paróquia Cristo Rei Ouro Preto
Paróquia de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré (Santa Rita Durão) Mariana
Paróquia de São Jose Barão de Cocais
Paróquia Nossa Senhora Aparecida Mariana
Paróquia (Catedral-Basílica) Nossa Senhora da Assunção Mariana
Paróquia (Santuário) Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem Itabirito
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Catas Altas
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Cachoeira do Brumado) Mariana
Paróquia (Santuário) Nossa Senhora da Conceição Ouro Preto
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Glória (Passagem de Mariana) Mariana
Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Nazaré (Cachoeira do Campo) Ouro Preto
Paróquia (Basílica) Nossa Senhora do Pilar Ouro Preto
Paróquia Sagrado Coração de Jesus Mariana
Paróquia Santa Efigênia Ouro Preto
Paróquia Santa Rita de Cássia (Santa Rita de Ouro Preto) Ouro Preto
Paróquia Santo Antônio Santa Bárbara
Paróquia São Caetano (Monsenhor Horta) Mariana
Paróquia de São Gonçalo (Amarantina) Mariana
Paróquia de São Gonçalo (São Gonçalo do Bação) Itabirito
Paróquia (Santuário)São Joao Batista Barão de Cocais
Paróquia São Sebastião Itabirito
Paróquia São Sebastião (Cláudio Manuel) Mariana
Paróquia São Vicente de Paulo Santa Bárbara

Central Pastoral Region (Região Pastoral Centro)
Paróquia Divino Espírito Santo Lamim
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Piranga
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Porto Firme
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Senador Firmino
Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Oliveira Senhora de Oliveira
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Piedade Rio Espera
Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Rosário Brás Pires
Paróquia Santo Antônio Presidente Bernardes
Paróquia de São Gonçalo do Amarante Catas Altas da Noruega

Western Pastoral Region (Região Pastoral Oeste)
Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus (Reitoria) Congonhas
Paróquia de São Brás São Brás do Suaçuí
Paróquia Divino Espírito Santo Ouro Branco
Paróquia do Bom Pastor Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Congonhas
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Conceição Jeceaba
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Glória Caranaiba
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Luz Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia Nossa Senhora das Brotas Entre Rios de Minas
Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Lourdes Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia Nossa Senhora Mãe da Igreja Congonhas
Paróquia Sagrada Família Ouro Branco
Paróquia Sagrado Coração de Jesus (Miguel Burnier) Ouro Preto
Paróquia (Basilica) Sagrado Coração de Jesus Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia Sant'Ana Santana dos Montes
Paróquia Santa Terezinha Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia Santo Amaro Queluzito
Paróquia Santo Antônio Ouro Branco
Paróquia Santo Antônio Itaverava
Paróquia Santo Antônio Cristiano Otoni
Paróquia São João Batista Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia São José Joselandia
Paróquia São José Operário Congonhas
Paróquia São José Operário Ouro Branco
Paróquia (Santuario) São Judas Tadeu Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia São Sebastião (Monsenhor Isidro) Itaverava
Paróquia São Sebastião Conselheiro Lafaiete
Paróquia São Sebastião Casa Grande

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Archbishops of Mariana (Roman rite), below
- Airton José dos Santos (2018.04.25 – currently)
- Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (2007.04.11 – 2018.04.25)
- Luciano Mendes de Almeida, S.J. (1988.04.06 – 2006.08.27)
- Oscar de Oliveira (1960.04.25 – 1988.04.06)
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1922.11.10 – 1960.04.25)
- Silvério Gomes Pimenta (1906.05.01 – 1922.09.01)
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
Danival Milagres Coelho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Goiana, Goias in 2024
Edmar Jose da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2024

Personalities

Antônio Ferreira Viçoso (1787–1875), Bishop of Mariana for 29 years: he was then a loving father to the poor and orphans, protector of slaves, selfless missionary, reformer of the clergy, defender of the rights of the Church, and an exemplary devotee of the Virgin Mary. During his time as Bishop of Mariana, he invited his confreres the Priests of the Congregation of Mission to take the responsibility to form the clergy in the Seminary of Mariana. Bishop Viçoso also invited the Sisters of Charity to open a boarding School for Girls in Mariana.
Francisco de Paula Victor. (12 April 1827 – 23 September 1905) was an Afro-Brazilian Catholic priest. He is known in Brazil as the "Apostle of Charity" for his charitable treatment of the poor. He is the first black Brazilian national to be beatified in the Catholic Church and the first slave-turned-priest to be considered for canonization. He was beatified on 14 November 2015 in Brazil; Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over the Mass on behalf of Pope Francis, who approved his beatification the previous June.
Isabel Cristina (1962–1982), a young woman who wanted to be a pediatrician to take care of poor children. She was brutally murdered in her apartment for resisting a sexual attacker. She is the first blessed of the Archdiocese.
Floripes Dornellas de Jesus (1913–1999), a woman who lived for around 60 years reportedly consuming only the Eucharist. (She became known as the "Brazilian Therese Neumann".) Promoter of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and founder of the male branch of the Apostleship of Prayer.
Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida (1930–2006), Bishop of Mariana from 1988-2006. He exercised, in an edifying way his episcopal ministry from 1988 until his death.

Suffragan dioceses

References

[1]
"CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
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Parábola, Agência. "Paróquias". Arquidiocese de Mariana - MG. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
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"Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade". enslaved.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
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"Egipcíaca, Rosa | Encyclopedia.com". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
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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.

Sources

Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Mariana". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

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[1] [1]
"CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

[2] [2]
Parábola, Agência. "Paróquias". Arquidiocese de Mariana - MG. Retrieved 2023-02-22.

[:1-3] [3]
"Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade". enslaved.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

[:0-4] [4]
"Egipcíaca, Rosa | Encyclopedia.com". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

[5] [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] [6]
Gams, p. 136.

[7] [7]
Approved by Pope Gregory XVI on 17 December 1840. Gams, p. 136.

[8] [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] [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] [10]
Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 5.

[11] [11]
Ritzler, VI, p. 27 with note 4.

[12] [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] [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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