Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba

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Diocese of Ituiutaba

Dioecesis Ituiutabensis

Location
Country|  Brazil
Ecclesiastical province| Uberaba
Statistics
Area| 22,742 km2 (8,781 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics| (as of 2006)
345,000
295,000 (85.5%)
Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Established| 16 October 1982 (41 years ago)
Cathedral| Catedral São José
Current leadership
Pope| Francis
Bishop| Francisco Carlos da Silva
Metropolitan Archbishop| Paulo Mendes Peixoto
Map
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba. Ecclesiastical Province of Uberaba. Regional CNBB Leste 2.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba (Latin: Dioecesis Ituiutabensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ituiutaba in the ecclesiastical province of Uberaba in Brazil.[1]

## History[edit]

* 16 October 1982: Established as Diocese of Ituiutaba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba and Diocese of Uberlândia

## Bishops[edit]

* Bishops of Ituiutaba (Roman rite)
* Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J. (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop
* Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22), appointed Bishop of São Carlos, São Paulo
* Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (2007.09.19 – 2015.09.30), appointed Bishop of Lins, São Paulo
* Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. (2016.11.30 - present)

### Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[edit]

* João Gilberto de Moura, appointed Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul in 2013

## References[edit]

1. ^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

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