Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre Archidioecesis Pouso Alegre
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Brazil
Statistics
Area	12,620 km2 (4,870 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 730,918 660,580 (90.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4 August 1900 (125 years ago)
Cathedral	Good Jesus Cathedral, Pouso Alegre
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Luiz Majella Delgado
Website
arquidiocesepa.org.br

TheRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre (Latin:Archidioecesis Pouso Alegre) is anarchdiocese located in the city ofPouso Alegre in Brazil.^[1]

On 4 August 1900,Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Pouso Alegre from theDiocese of Mariana.Blessed John XXIII elevated the diocese to the a Metropolitan Archdiocese on 14 April 1962.^[2][3]

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Basilica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo,Borda da Mata,Minas Gerais^[3]

• Archbishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman rite), below
  • Archbishop José Luiz Majella Delgado (2014.05.28 – present)
  • ArchbishopRicardo Pedro Chaves Pinto Filho, O. Praem. (1996.10.16 – 2014.05.28)
  • ArchbishopJoão Bergese (1991.05.05 – 1996.03.21)
  • ArchbishopJosé d’Angelo Neto (1962.04.14 – 1990.05.31), below
• Bishops of Pouso Alegre (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop José d’Angelo Neto (later Archbishop) (1960.03.12 – 1962.04.14)
  • BishopOctávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda (1916.02.14 – 1959.10.29)
  • BishopAntônio Augusto de Assis (1909.11.29 – 1916.02.07), appointed Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop
  • BishopJoão Batista Corrêa Nery (1901.05.18 – 1908.08.03), appointed Bishop of Campinas

• Oscar de Oliveira (1954-1959), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais

• Antônio Augusto de Assis (1907-1909), appointed Bishop here
• João Bosco Oliver de Faria (1987-1992), appointed Bishop of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais
• José Francisco Rezende Dias (2001-2005), appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro

• Antônio Carlos Félix, appointed Bishop of Luz, Minas Gerais in 2003
• Marco Aurélio Gubiotti, appointed Bishop of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais in 2013
• Edson José Oriolo dos Santos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2015

• Diocese of Campanha
• Diocese of Guaxupé

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