Diocese of Araçatuba
| Diocese of Araçatuba | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Botucatu |
| Diocesan bishop | Sérgio Krzywy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Carlos Castanho de Almeida |
| Vicar General | Carmel Borg |
| founding | 1994 |
| surface | 9,798 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 506,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 435,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 86% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10.116 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 17 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 22 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida |
| Website | http://www.diocesearacatuba.com.br/ |
The diocese Araçatuba ( lat. Dioecesis Arassatubensis , port. Diocese de Araçatuba ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Araçatuba in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese of Araçatuba was established on March 23, 1994 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Progrediens usque from cession of the diocese of Lins and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Botucatu as a suffragan .
Bishops of Araçatuba
- José Carlos Castanho de Almeida , 1994-2003
- Sérgio Krzywy , since 2004
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Progrediens usque , AAS 86 (1994), n.8, p. 628ff.