Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano Dioecesis Itabirensis–Fabriciannensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Mariana |
Coordinates | 19°37′07″S 43°13′36″W / 19.6186°S 43.2267°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,724 km2 (3,368 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 728,917 496,798 (68.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 14 June 1965 (58 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Itabira |
Co-cathedral |
Co-Catedral São Sebastião, Coronel Fabriciano |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Marco Aurélio Gubiotti |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Geraldo Lyrio Rocha |
Bishops emeritus | Odilon Guimarães Moreira |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano ( Latin: Dioecesis Itabirensis-Fabriciannensis) is a diocese located in the cities of Itabira and Coronel Fabriciano in the ecclesiastical province of Mariana in Brazil. [1]