Archdiocese of Diamantina
The Archdiocese of Diamantina is an archdiocese located in the city of Diamantina, Minas Gerais in Brazil.
History
- June 6, 1854: Established as Diocese of Diamantina from the Diocese of Mariana
- June 28, 1917: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- * Basílica Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Diamantina
- * Basílica São Geraldo Majela, Curvelo
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Archbishops of Diamantina
- * Archbishop Darci José Nicioli
- * Archbishop João Bosco Oliver de Faria
- * Archbishop Paulo Lopes de Faria
- * Archbishop Geraldo Majela Reis
- * Archbishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D.
- * Archbishop José Newton de Almeida Baptista
- * Archbishop Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva
- * Archbishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza
- Bishops of Diamantina
- * Archbishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza
- * Bishop Joaquim Silvério de Souza
- * Bishop João Antônio dos Santos
Coadjutor bishops
- Joaquim Silvério de Souza
- Paulo Lopes de Faria
Auxiliary bishops
- Antônio José dos Santos, C.M., appointed Bishop of Assis, São Paulo
- Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta, appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão; future Cardinal
- João de Souza Lima, O. Cist., appointed Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Cyrillo de Paula Freitas, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cuiabá in 1905
- João Antônio Pimenta, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul in 1906
- Lúcio Antunes de Souza, appointed Bishop of Botucatu in 1908
- Nunes de Ávila e Silva, appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo in 1909
- João de Almeida Ferrão (Terra), appointed Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais in 1909
- Manuel Nunes Coelho, appointed Bishop of Aterrado in 1920
- José André Coimbra, appointed Bishop of Barra do Piraí in 1938
- Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 1959; future Cardinal
- Leonardo de Miranda Pereira, appointed Bishop of Paracatu, Minas Gerais in 1986
- José Aristeu Vieira, appointed Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais in 2015
- Lindomar Rocha Mota, appointed Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias in 2020