The Roman Catholic Diocese of São João da Boa Vista (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of São João da Boa Vista in the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.
Diocese of São João da Boa Vista Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia | |
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 Catedral São João Batista in 2014 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Ribeirão Preto |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,153 km2 (2,762 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 581,932 465,545 (80.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 16 January 1960 (64 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral São João Batista |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Carlos Brandão Cabral |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Moacir Silva |
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| Website | |
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History
edit- 16 January 1960: Established as Diocese of São João da Boa Vista from the Diocese of Rio Preto
Bishops
edit- Bishops of São João da Boa Vista (Latin Rite)
- David Picão (1960.05.14 – 1963.05.10), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, São Paulo
- Tomás Vaquero (1963.07.02 – 1991.01.23)
- Dadeus Grings (1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
- David Dias Pimentel (2001.02.07 – 2016.11.20)
- Antônio Emídio Vilar[1] (2016.11.20 – present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
edit- Luiz Antônio Cipolini, appointed Bishop of Marília, São Paulo in 2013
- Luiz Carlos Dias, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2016
Main churches
edit- Santuário de Adoração Nossa Senhora do Rosário – Mococa-SP
- Santuário do Perpétuo Socorro – São João da Boa Vista-SP
- Santuário Nossa Senhora do Desterro – Casa Branca
- Santuário Nossa Senhora Aparecida – Tambaú-SP
- Santuário Santa Luzia – Espírito Santo do Pinhal – SP
- Basílica Santuário Nossa Senhora da Conceição – Caconde – SP
- Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Caconde, Caconde[2]
References
edit- ^ (in Portuguese) 5 mil fiéis acompanham a posse do novo bispo da diocese de São João. G1. Access in 20 Nov. 2016
- ^ "Santuários Diocesanos" (in Portuguese). Diocese de São João da Boa Vista. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
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