Diocese of Governador Valadares

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Governador Valadares () is a diocese located in the city of Governador Valadares in the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil.

History

On 1 February 1956 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Governador Valadares from the Diocese of Araçuaí, the Diocese of Caratinga and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina.

Bishops

• Bishops of Governador Valadares (Latin Church)
• Hermínio Malzone Hugo (1957.01.29 – 1977.12.07)
• José Gonçalves Heleno (1977.12.07 – 2001.04.25)
• Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D. (2001.12.19 – 2014.03.06)
• Antônio Carlos Félix (2014.03.06 -

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Emanuel Messias de Oliveira, appointed Bishop of Guanhães in 1998

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