Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana is an archdiocese based in the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.History
In 2013 there was one priest for every 5,482 Catholics.Special churches
- Archbishops of Mariana, below
- * Airton José dos Santos
- * Geraldo Lyrio Rocha - currently archbishop emeritus
- * Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J.
- * Oscar de Oliveira
- * Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B.
- * Silvério Gomes Pimenta
- Bishops of Mariana, below
- * Silvério Gomes Pimenta
- * Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides
- * Antônio Ferreira Viçoso, C.M.
- * Carlos Pereira Freire de Moura
- * José da Santíssima Trindade Leite, O.F.M.
- * Cypriano de São José, O.F.M.
- * Domingos da Encarnação Pontevel, O.P.
- * Bartolomeu Manoel Mendes dos Reis
- * Joaquim Borges de Figueroa
- * Manoel da Cruz Nogueira, O.Cist.
Coadjutor bishops
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B.
- Oscar de Oliveira
Auxiliary bishops
- Silvério Gomes Pimenta, appointed Bishop here
- Modesto Augusto Vieira
- Antônio Augusto de Assis ; appointed Archbishop of Jaboticabal, São Paulo
- Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves, appointed Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Joaquim Silvério de Souza, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantina in 1901
- Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais in 1932; future Cardinal
- José Heleno, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais in 1976
- Geraldo Majela Reis, appointed Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul in 1978
- 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
Suffragan dioceses
- Diocese of Caratinga
- Diocese of Governador Valadares
- Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano
