Diocese of Guaxupé
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaxupé is a diocese located in the city of Guaxupé in the ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.
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