Roman Catholic Diocese of São João del Rei

Diocese of São João del Rei

Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Rege
Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceJuiz de Fora
Statistics
Area9,503 km2 (3,669 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 520,000
  • 468,000 (90.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established21 May 1960 (65 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Basílica Nossa Sehora do Pilar
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopJosé Eudes Campos do Nascimento
Metropolitan ArchbishopGil Antônio Moreira
Bishops emeritusWaldemar Chaves de Araújo

The Diocese of São João del Rei (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Rege) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora.

Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, São João del Rei, a minor basilica, dedicated to Our Lady of the Pillar, in the city of São João del-Rei.