The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guanhães () is a diocese located in the city of Guanhães in the ecclesiastical province of Diamantina in Brazil.
History 24 May 1985: Established as Diocese of Guanhães from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diamantina, Diocese of Governador Valadares and Diocese of Itabira–Fabriciano
Bishops Bishops of Guanhães (Roman rite) Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. (8 December 1985 – 8 February 1995), resigned Apostolic Administrator José Gonçalves Heleno (19 July 1995 – 17 May 1998), Bishop of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais Emanuel Messias de Oliveira (14 January 1998 – 16 February 2011), appointed Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais Jeremias Antônio de Jesus (30 May 2012 – 4 July 2018), resigned Apostolic Administrator Darci José Nicioli, C.Ss.R. (4 July 2018 – 14 September 2019), Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais Otacílio Ferreira de Lacerda (19 June 2019 – Present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Marcello Romano, appointed Bishop of Araçuaí in 2012 Jacy Diniz Rocha, appointed Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso in 2017
References
GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website (Portuguese)