Diocese of Divinópolis
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Divinópolis is a diocese located in the city of Divinópolis in the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.
History
- July 11, 1958: Established as Diocese of Divinópolis from the Diocese of Aterrado and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte
Bishops
- Bishops of Divinópolis
- * Bishop José Carlos de Souza Campos
- * Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro
- * Bishop José Belvino do Nascimento
- * Bishop José Costa Campos
- * Bishop Cristiano Portela de Araújo Pena
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Gil Antônio Moreira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 1999
- Moacir Silva Arantes, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias in 2016
- Francisco Cota de Oliveira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana in 2017