Loyola College, Belo Horizonte

Loyola College, Belo Horizonte is a kindergarten through secondary school in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, opened by the Society of Jesus in 1943.

The archbishop of the Belo Horizonte, Antonio dos Santos Cabral, initiated the school and requested the Society of Jesus to run it.

At the beginning, there were only 33 students and Jesuit priest-teachers Caesar Dainese and Paul Nacca.

[citation needed] On 19 March 19, 1943 Loyola College, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was officially opened.

In 1949 Loyola College moved to 7919 Contorno Avenue in the Garden City neighbourhood.