Diocese of São José do Rio Preto
| Diocese of São José do Rio Preto | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto |
| Diocesan bishop | Tomé Ferreira da Silva |
| founding | January 25, 1929 |
| surface | 7,784 km² |
| Parishes | 69 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 759.083 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 569,590 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 75% |
| Diocesan priest | 106 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 34 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,069 |
| Permanent deacons | 9 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Friars | 45 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 54 (2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São José Cathedral |
| Website | www.bispado.org.br |
The Diocese of Sao Jose do Rio Preto ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Josephi Riopretensis ) is in São Paulo in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Sao Jose do Rio Preto .
history
Pope Pius XI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicitudo omnium on January 25, 1929 from cession of territory by the diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal and had it subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Paulo as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- December 12, 1959 to the Diocese of Jales ;
- January 16, 1960 to the diocese of São João da Boa Vista ;
- February 20, 1971 to the diocese of Franca ;
- April 14, 1973 to the Diocese of Barretos ;
- February 9, 2000 to the Diocese of Catanduva .
On April 19, 1958, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto . On December 11, 2002, it took its current name.
On July 20, 2016, more than half of its territory and about a quarter of the Catholics gave up the establishment of the Votuporanga diocese .
territory
The diocese of São José do Rio Preto includes the communities of São José do Rio Preto, Adolfo, Altair, Bady Bassitt, Bálsamo, Cedral, Guapiaçu, Icém, Ipiguá, Jaci, José Bonifácio, Mendonça, Mirassol, Mirassolândia, Monte Aprazível, Neves Paulista, Nipoã, Nova Aliança, Nova Granada, Onda Verde, Orindiúva, Palestina, Planalto, Poloni, Potirendaba, Ubarana and Uchoa of the state of São Paulo.
Bishops of São José do Rio Preto
- Lafayette Libânio (August 8, 1930 - November 3, 1966)
- José de Aquino Pereira (May 6, 1968– February 26, 1997)
- Orani João Tempesta OCist (February 26, 1997– October 13, 2004, then Archbishop of Belém do Pará )
- Paulo Mendes Peixoto (December 7, 2005– March 7, 2012, then Archbishop of Uberaba )
- Tomé Ferreira da Silva (since September 26, 2012)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of São José do Rio Preto on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of São José do Rio Preto on gcatholic.org (English)
- Official website of the Diocese of São José do Rio Preto (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della diocesi di Votuporanga (Brasile) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 20, 2016, accessed July 20, 2016 (Italian).