Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaxupé

History

• 3 February 1916: Established as Diocese of Guaxupé from the Diocese of Pouso Alegre

  Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
• *Basílica Nossa Senhora da Saúde, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais

  Bishops

• Bishops of Guaxupé, in reverse chronological order
• * Bishop José Lanza Neto
• * Bishop José Mauro Pereira Bastos, C.P.
• * Bishop José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.
• * Bishop José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto
• * Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira
• * Bishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap.
• * Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
• * Bishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias, appointed Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
• * Father António Emidio Corrêa, did not take effect
• * Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop

  Coadjutor bishop

• José Geraldo Oliveira do Valle, C.S.S.

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Hermínio Malzone Hugo, appointed Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais in 1957
• Geraldo Ferreira Reis, appointed Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais in 1961
• Messias dos Reis Silveira, appointed Bishop of Uruaçu, Goias n 2007