Diocese of Registro
| Diocese of Registro | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sorocaba |
| Diocesan bishop | Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Júnior MSC |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Luíz Bertanha SVD |
| founding | 1974 |
| surface | 13,293 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 338,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 208,600 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 61.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,729 |
| Friars | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São Francisco Xavier Cathedral |
The Diocese of Registro ( Latin Dioecesis Registrensis , Portuguese Diocese de Registro ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Registro in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese Registro was on January 19, 1974 by Pope Paul VI. Erected from cession of the dioceses of Itapeva and Santos and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Sorocaba as a suffragan .
Bishops of Registro
- Apparecido José Dias SVD , 1974–1996, then Bishop of Roraima
- José Luíz Bertanha SVD, 1998–2018
- Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Júnior MSC , since 2018