Diocese of Governador Valadares

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares is a diocese located in the city of Governador Valadares in the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.

WWW diocesegv.org.br

History

On 1 February 1956 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the Diocese of Araçuaí, the Diocese of Caratinga and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina.

Bishops

Bishops of Governador Valadares
*Hermínio Malzone Hugo
*José Gonçalves Heleno
*Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D.
*Antônio Carlos Félix (2014.03.06 -

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Emanuel Messias de Oliveira, appointed Bishop of Guanhães in 1998