Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte

History

• February 11, 1921: Established as Diocese of Belo Horizonte from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mariana.
• February 1, 1924: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte.

  Special churches

• Basílica de São João Maria Vianney.
• Basílica Nossa Senhora de Lourdes.
• Basílica Estadual Nossa Senhora da Piedade.
• Basílica Estadual das Romarias.
• Our Lady of Good Voyage Archdiocesan Sanctuary, Belo Horizonte
• Our Lady of Mercy Stadual Sanctuary

• Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pampulha

  Leadership

• Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral

• Archbishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral
• Archbishop João Resende Costa, S.D.B.
• Serafim Cardeal Fernandes de Araújo
• Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo

  Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor archbishops

• Hugo Bressane de Araújo, did not succeed to the see; appointed Archbishop of Marília, São Paulo
• João Resende Costa, S.D.B.
• Serafim Fernandes de Araújo ; future Cardinal

  Auxiliary bishops

• Geraldo María de Morais Penido, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Juiz de Fora
• Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, appointed Coadjutor here; future Cardinal
• José Dalvit, F.S.C.J.
• Arnaldo Ribeiro, appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
• Werner Franz Siebenbrock, S.V.D., appointed Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro
• Sebastião Roque Rabelo Mendes
• David Dias Pimentel, appointed Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo
• Décio Sossai Zandonade, S.D.B., appointed Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo
• Joaquim Giovanni Mol Guimarães, appointed Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais
• Wilson Luís Angotti Filho, appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo
• Luis Gonzaga Féchio, appointed Bishop of Amparo, São Paulo
• João Justino de Medeiros Silva, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais
• Edson José Oriolo dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Leopoldina, Minas Gerais
• Geovane Luís da Silva, appointed Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais
• Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R. (2017-

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Alexandre Gonçalves do Amaral, appointed Bishop of Uberaba in 1939
• Alberto Taveira Corrêa, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal in 1991

  Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Divinópolis
• Diocese of Luz
• Diocese of Oliveira
• Diocese of Sete Lagoas