Diocese of Caraguatatuba
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Paulo |
| Diocesan bishop | José Carlos Chacorowski CM |
| founding | 1999 |
| surface | 1,947 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 312,500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 185,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 59.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,606 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Divino Espírito Santo |
| Website | diocesecaraguatatuba.com.br |
The diocese of Caraguatatuba ( Latin Dioecesis Caraguatatubensis , Portuguese Diocese de Caraguatatuba ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Caraguatatuba in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese Caraguatatuba was established on March 3, 1999 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius consulendum from the cession of the diocese of Santos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Paulo as a suffragan .
Bishops of Caraguatatuba
- Fernando Mason OFM Conv , 1999-2005, then Bishop of Piracicaba
- Antônio Carlos Altieri SDS , 2006–2012
- José Carlos Chacorowski CM , since 2013
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad aptius consulendum , AAS 91 (1999), n.6, p. 399f.