Diocese of Itapeva
| Diocese of Itapeva | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sorocaba |
| Diocesan bishop | Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Moreira de Melo |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 18,615 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 404,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 264,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 65.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,388 |
| Friars | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Sant'Ana |
| Website | http://www.dioceseitapeva.com.br/ |
The diocese Itapeva ( Latin Dioecesis Itapevensis , Portuguese Diocese de Itapeva ) is in the Brazilian state of São Paulo located Roman Catholic diocese based in Itapeva .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quantum spei bonae on March 2, 1968 from cession of territory by the dioceses of Sorocaba and Botucatu and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Paulo as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment:
- January 19, 1974 to the diocese Registro ;
- April 15, 1998 to the diocese of Itapetininga ;
- December 30, 1998 to the Diocese of Ourinhos .
On April 29, 1992 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Sorocaba.
territory
The diocese of Itapeva includes the parishes of Apiaí, Barão de Antonina, Barra do Chapéu, Bom Sucesso de Itararé, Buri, Capão Bonito, Coronel Macedo, Guapiara, Itaberá, Itaí, Itaóca, Itapeva, Itapirapuã Paulista, Itaporirão, Itararé, Ribeira Branco, , Ribeirão Grande, Riversul and Taquarituba of the State of São Paulo.
Bishops of Itapeva
- Silvio Maria Dário (March 27, 1968 - May 2, 1974)
- José Lambert Filho CSS (January 4, 1975 - November 30, 1979, then Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba )
- Fernando Legal SDB (March 28, 1980 - April 25, 1985, then Bishop of Limeira )
- Alano Maria Pena OP (July 11, 1985 - November 24, 1993, then Bishop of Nova Friburgo )
- José Moreira de Melo (January 17, 1996 - October 19, 2016)
- Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto (since October 19, 2016)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Itapeva on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Itapeva on gcatholic.org (English)