Diocese of São José dos Campos
| Diocese of São José dos Campos | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Aparecida |
| Diocesan bishop | José Valmor César Teixeira SDS |
| founding | 1981 |
| surface | 3,271 km² |
| Parishes | 44 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 970.879 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 720.170 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 74.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 71 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,581 |
| Permanent deacons | 113 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 164 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral de São Dimas |
| Website | www.diocese-sjc.org.br |
The Diocese of São José dos Campos ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia , Portuguese Diocese of Sao Jose dos Campos ) is an in Brazil located Roman Catholic Diocese with headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese of São José dos Campos was established on January 30, 1981 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Qui in Beati Petri from ceding territories from the dioceses of Mogi das Cruzes and Taubaté and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Aparecida as a suffragan .
Bishops of São José dos Campos
- Eusébio Scheid SCI , 1981–1991, then Archbishop of Florianópolis
- José Nelson Westrupp SCI, 1991–2003, then Bishop of Santo André
- Moacir Silva , 2004–2013, then Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto .
- José Valmor César Teixeira SDB , since 2014
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of São José dos Campos (Portuguese)
- Entry on the diocese of São José dos Campos on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Qui in Beati Petri , AAS 73 (1981), n.2, p. 147s.