Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre is an archdiocese located in the city of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.
History
On 4 August 1900, Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Pouso Alegre from the Diocese of Mariana. Blessed John XXIII elevated the diocese to the a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 14 April 1962.Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- *Basilica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Borda da Mata, Minas Gerais
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Archbishops of Pouso Alegre, below
- * Archbishop José Luiz Majella Delgado
- * Archbishop Ricardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem.
- * Archbishop João Bergese
- * Archbishop José d’Angelo Neto, below
- Bishops of Pouso Alegre
- * Bishop José d’Angelo Neto
- * Bishop Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda
- * Bishop Antônio Augusto de Assis, appointed Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop
- * Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery, appointed Bishop of Campinas
Coadjutor bishop
- Oscar de Oliveira, did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
Auxiliary bishops
- Antônio Augusto de Assis, appointed Bishop here
- João Bosco Oliver de Faria, appointed Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais
- José Francisco Rezende Dias, appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Antônio Carlos Félix, appointed Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais in 2003
- Marco Aurélio Gubiotti, appointed Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais in 2013
- Edson José Oriolo dos Santos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2015