Diocese of Jundiaí
Diocese of Jundiaí | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sorocaba |
Diocesan bishop | Vicente Costa |
founding | November 7, 1966 |
surface | 2,254 km² |
Parishes | 66 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,241,153 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 1,022,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 82.3% |
Diocesan priest | 76 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 9,827 |
Permanent deacons | 96 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 176 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Desterro |
Website | http://www.dj.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Jundiaí ( Latin Dioecesis Iundiaiensis , Portuguese Diocese de Jundiaí ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Jundiaí in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese Jundiaí was on November 17, 1966 by Pope Paul VI. Erected from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Campinas and the Archdiocese of São Paulo . It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Sorocaba as a suffragan .
Bishops of Jundiaí
- Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto OCarm , 1966-1982
- Roberto Pinarello de Almeida , 1982-1996
- Amaury Castanho , 1996-2004
- Gil Antônio Moreira , 2004–2009, then Archbishop of Juiz de Fora
- Vicente Costa , since 2009