Diocese of São João da Boa Vista
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Diocese of São João da Boa Vista
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto |
| Diocesan bishop | Antônio Emidio Vilar SDB |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | David Dias Pimentel |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 7,089 km² |
| Parishes | 79 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 670,740 ( 12/31/2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 589,000 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 87.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 140 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 61 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,930 |
| Permanent deacons | 17 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Friars | 180 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 110 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São João Batista |
| Website | http://www.diocesesaojoao.org.br/novo/ |
The Diocese of São João da Boa Vista ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in São João da Boa Vista in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese was founded on January 16, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. Erected with the Apostolic Constitution In similitudinem Christi from cessions of territory from the Diocese of São José do Rio Preto and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto as a suffragan .
Bishops of São João da Boa Vista
- David Picão , 1960–1963
- Tomás Vaquero , 1963-1991
- Dadeus Grings , 1991–2000, later coadjutor in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
- David Dias Pimentel , 2001-2016
- Antônio Emidio Vilar SDB , since 2016