Diocese of Sete Lagoas Dioecesis Septemlacunensis Diocese de Sete Lagoas
Cathedral of St. Anthony
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Belo Horizonte
Metropolitan	Belo Horizonte
Statistics
Area	11,915 km2 (4,600 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 454,314 354,017 (77.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	16 July 1955 (68 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Anthony in Sete Lagoas
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francisco Cota de Oliveira
Metropolitan Archbishop	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Bishops emeritus	Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral Guilherme Porto
Website
www.diocesedesetelagoas.com.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sete Lagoas (Latin: Dioecesis Septemlacunensis) is a diocese located in the city of Sete Lagoas in the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.^[1]

History

• July 16, 1955: Established as Diocese of Sete Lagoas from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina

Leadership

• Bishops of Sete Lagoas (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Francisco Cota de Oliveira (2020.06.10 -
  • Bishop Aloísio Jorge Pena Vitral (2017.09.20 - 2020.06.10)
  • Bishop Guilherme Porto (1999.10.27 – 2017.09.20)
  • Bishop José de Lima (1981.06.07 – 1999.10.27)
  • Bishop Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves (1964.06.04 – 1980.07.08)
  • Bishop José de Almeida Batista Pereira (1955.11.07 – 1964.04.02)