Diocese of Campanha
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campanha is a diocese located in the city of Campanha in the ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.
History
- 8 September 1907: Established as Diocese of Campanha from the Diocese of São Paulo
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- *Basílica Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Conceição do Rio Verde, Minas Gerais
- *Basílica Nossa Senhora das Dores, Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais
Bishops
- Bishops of Campanha, in reverse chronological order
- * Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz
- * Bishop Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M.
- * Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J., appointed Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais
- * Bishop Aloísio Ariovaldo Amaral, C.Ss.R.
- * Bishop Othon Motta
- * Bishop Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M.
- * Bishop João de Almeida Ferrão
Coadjutor bishops
- Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M.
- Othon Motta
- Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N., did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo
- Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I.
- Pedro Cunha Cruz
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José Costa Campos, appointed Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro in 1960
- Tomé Ferreira da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2005