Uberaba, Diocese of (DE UBERABA), suffragan of Marianna, in Brazil, created by the Consistorial Decree of September 29, 1907, separating it from the Diocese of Goyaz, and placing under its jurisdiction the portion of Minas Geraes known as Triangulo Mineiro and the following parishes which formerly belonged to the Diocese of Diamantina: Urcuia or Burity, Capim Branco or Rio Preto, Paracatu, Alegres, Santa Rita de Patos, Cap-do Redondo, and Sao Romao. The diocese is bounded: on the north by the Urucuia River; east, the Sao Francisco River; south, the Marcella and Canastra mountain ranges and the Rio Grande; west, the Paranahyba and Jacare rivers, and the Geral mountain range. The Catholic population numbered 200,000 souls in 1911. Rt. Rev. Eduardo Duarte Silva, the first and present bishop, was born at Florianopolis, January 27, 1852; studied in the Pio-Latino College of Rome; was ordained priest, December 19, 1874; chaplain of the Florianopolis hospital and canon of the imperial chapel; elected Bishop of Goyaz, January 23, 1891, and consecrated on February 8, 1891; preconized Bishop of Uberaba, December 19, 1908. The following religious orders are in the diocese: Dominicans, Recollects, Lazarists, Dominican nuns, Franciscan Missionary nuns of Egypt. There are 45 churches. The Catholic educational institutions are: the Gymnasio Diocesano, a school of secondary instruction with the privileges of a federal college, directed by the Marist Brothers; and the Collegio de Nossa Senhora das Dores, for girls, under the Dominican nuns. The principal Catholic charitable associations are: the Sociedade de S. Vicente de Paula; the Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia: and the Associacao das Damas de Caridade. The official organ of the diocese is the “Correio Catholico” (Uberaba).
JULIAN MORENO-LACALLE.