Diocese of Presidente Prudente
Diocese of Presidente Prudente | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Botucatu |
Diocesan bishop | Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | José María Libório Camino Saracho |
founding | 1960 |
surface | 15,513 km² |
Parishes | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 582,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 542,400 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 93.1% |
Diocesan priest | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 8.096 |
Friars | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | São Sebastião Cathedral |
Website | http://www.diocesepresidenteprudente.com.br/ |
The Diocese of Presidente Prudente ( Latin Dioecesis Prudentipolitana , Portuguese Diocese de Presidente Prudente ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Presidente Prudente in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese Presidente Prudente was on January 16, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Cum venerabilis from cessions of territory by the Diocese of Assis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Botucatu as a suffragan .
Bishops of Presidente Prudente
- José de Aquino Pereira , 1960–1968, then Bishop of Rio Preto
- José Gonçalves da Costa CSsR , 1969–1975, then coadjutor archbishop of Niterói
- Antonio Agostinho Marochi , 1976-2002
- José María Libório Camino Saracho , 2002–2008
- Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos , since 2008