Bishopric of Piracicaba
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campinas |
| Diocesan bishop | Fernando Mason OFM Conv |
| Vicar General | Jamil Nassif Abib |
| founding | 1944 |
| surface | 4,663 km² |
| Parishes | 68 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,020,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 713,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 69.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 56 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6.094 |
| Permanent deacons | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 73 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 119 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| Website | http://www.diocesedepiracicaba.org.br/ |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Piracicaba ( Latin Dioecesis Piracicabensis , Portuguese Diocese de Piracicaba ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Piracicaba in the state of São Paulo .
history
The Diocese of Piracicaba was founded on February 26, 1944 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Vigil Campinensis Ecclesiae from cessions of territory of the diocese of Campinas and subordinated to the archbishopric of São Paulo as a suffragan . On April 19, 1958, the Diocese of Piracicaba was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Campinas as a suffragan. The Diocese of Piracicaba was 1,976 parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution on 29 April De superna animarum erected Diocese of Limeira from.
Bishops of Piracicaba
- Ernesto de Paula , 1945-1960
- Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo , 1960–1984
- Eduardo Koaik , 1984-2002
- Moacyr José Vitti CSS , 2002–2004, then Archbishop of Curitiba
- Fernando Mason OFMConv , since 2005