Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros

Ecclesiastical province

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Janaúba
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Januária
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Paracatu

  History

• Established on December 10, 1910 as Diocese of Montes Claros, on territory split off from the Diocese of Diamantina
• Lost territory repeatedly, to establish its future suffragans : on 1929.03.01 the then Territorial Prelature of Paracatu, on 1957.06.15 the Diocese of Januária and on 2000.07.05 the Diocese of Janaúba.
• Promoted on April 25, 2001 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montes Claros.

  Statistics

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

• ''? Elder Kehilwenyane Edith Majela

• João Antônio Pimenta , previously Titular Bishop of Pentacomia as Coadjutor Bishop of Porto Alegre
• Aristides de Araújo Porto, succeeding as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros and Titular Bishop of Theveste
• Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior, later Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife , Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói , died 1984
• Luís Victor Sartori, next Titular Bishop of Celerina as Coadjutor Bishop of Santa Maria, succeeding as Bishop of Santa Maria
• José Alves de Sà Trindade, previously Bishop of Bonfim ; died 2005
• Geraldo Majela de Castro, Norbertines , succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Montes Claros

• Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem.
• José Alberto Moura, C.S.S., previously Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata, Coadjutor Bishop of Uberlândia succeeding as Bishop of Uberlândia
• João Justino de Medeiros Silva, previously Titular Bishop of Tullia as Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte

  Coadjutor bishops

• Aristides de Araújo Porto
• Geraldo Majela de Castro, O. Praem.
• João Justino de Medeiros Silva