Diocese of São Miguel Paulista
| Diocese of São Miguel Paulista | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Paulo |
| Diocesan bishop | Manuel Parrado Carral |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Fernando Legal SDS |
| founding | 1989 |
| surface | 196 km² |
| Parishes | 102 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 3,072,300 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 2,477,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 80.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 115 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 17,444 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 55 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 196 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São Miguel Arcanjo Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.diocesesaomiguel.org.br/ |
The Diocese of São Miguel Paulista ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Michaëlis Paulinensis , Portuguese Diocese of Sao Miguel Paulista ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Sao Miguel Paulista in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese of São Miguel Paulista was established on March 15, 1989 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Constat Metropolitanam from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of São Paulo and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of São Miguel Paulista
- Fernando Legal SDB , 1989-2008
- Manuel Parrado Carral , since 2008
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Constat Metropolitanam , AAS 81 (1989), n.9, pp. 1014ff.