Diocese of Amparo

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Diocese of Amparo
Map of the Diocese of Amparo
Basic data
Country Brazil
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Campinas
Diocesan bishop Luís Gonzaga Féchio
Emeritus diocesan bishop Francisco José Zugliani
Vicar General Gilberto Edison Schneider
founding 1997
surface 2,355 km²
Parishes 32 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Residents 384,800 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics 316,700 (2015 / AP 2016 )
proportion of 82.3%
Diocesan priest 33 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious priest 12 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics per priest 7,038
Permanent deacons 1 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Friars 12 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious sisters 107 (2015 / AP 2016 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Catedral Nossa Senhora
Website http://www.diocesedeamparo.org.br
Ecclesiastical province
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The Diocese of Amparo (Latin Dioecesis Amparensis , Portuguese Diocese de Amparo ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Amparo in the state of São Paulo .

history

The diocese of Amparo was established on December 23, 1997 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiae universae from cedings of the Archdiocese of Campinas and the Diocese of Limeira . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Campinas as a suffragan .

Bishops of Amparo

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Amparo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ecclesiae universae , AAS 90 (1998), n.2, pp. 88f.
Amparo Cathedral