Diocese of São Carlos
| Diocese of São Carlos | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Campinas |
| Diocesan bishop | Paulo César Costa |
| Auxiliary bishop | Eduardo Malaspina |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paulo Sérgio Machado |
| founding | 1908 |
| surface | 13,056 km² |
| Parishes | 124 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 1,251,700 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 847,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 67.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 146 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,982 |
| Permanent deacons | 43 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 28 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 65 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São Carlos Borromeu Cathedral |
| Website | Diocese of São Carlos |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Carlos ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Brasilia , Portuguese Diocese of Sao Carlos ) is an in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in São Carlos in the state of São Paulo .
history
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The diocese of São Carlos was established on June 7, 1908 by Pope Pius X. with the Apostolic Constitution Dioecesium nimiam amplitudinem from the cession of territory from the Archdiocese of São Paulo as the diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Paulo as a suffragan . On January 25, 1929, the diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal gave up parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Jaboticabal and Rio Preto , established with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum .
The diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal was renamed the Diocese of São Carlos on November 25, 1957 . On April 19, 1958, the diocese of São Carlos was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Campinas as a suffragan. The diocese of São Carlos gave up on February 9, 2000 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Catanduva .
Ordinaries
Bishops of São Carlos do Pinhal
- José Marcondes Homem de Melo , 1908–1937
- Gastão Liberal Pinto , 1937-1945
- Ruy Serra , 1948-1957
Bishops of São Carlos
- Ruy Serra, 1957-1986
- Constantino Amstalden , 1986-1995
- Joviano de Lima Júnior SSS , 1995–2006, then Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto
- Paulo Sérgio Machado , 2006–2015
- Paulo César Costa , since 2016