Roman Catholic Diocese of São João da Boa Vista
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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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.
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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