Diocese of Limeira
| Diocese of Limeira | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campinas |
| Diocesan bishop | José Roberto Fortes Palau |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Vilson Dias de Oliveira DC |
| founding | 1976 |
| surface | 4,916 km² |
| Parishes | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,190,787 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 654,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 54.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 102 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,450 |
| Permanent deacons | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 107 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora das Dores |
| Website | diocesedelimeira.org.br |
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The Diocese of Limeira ( Latin Dioecesis Limeirensis , Portuguese Diocese de Limeira ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Limeira in the state of São Paulo .
history
Cathedral of Nossa Senhora das Dores in Limeira
The diocese of Limeira was on April 29, 1976 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution De superna animarum from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Campinas and the Diocese of Piracicaba and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Campinas as a suffragan . The diocese of Limeira gave on December 23, 1997 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Amparo .
Bishops of Limeira
- Aloísio Ariovaldo Amaral CSsR , 1976–1984, then Bishop of Campanha
- Fernando Legal SDB , 1985–1989, then Bishop of São Miguel Paulista
- Ercílio Turco , 1989–2002, then Bishop of Osasco
- Augusto José Zini Filho , 2003-2006
- Vilson Dias de Oliveira DC , 2007-2019
- José Roberto Fortes Palau since 2019
See also
Web links
Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Limeira - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Limeira (Portuguese)
- Entry for the diocese of Limeira on catholic-hierarchy.org