Diocese of Santos
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Paulo |
| Diocesan bishop | Tarcísio Scaramussa SDS |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jacyr Francisco Braido CS |
| Vicar General | Antônio Baldan Casal |
| founding | 1924 |
| surface | 2,423 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 1,840,760 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 1,654,160 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 89.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 20.173 |
| Permanent deacons | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 44 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 92 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Nossa Senhora do Rosario |
| Website | www.diocesedesantos.com.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos ( Latin Dioecesis Santo Sensis , Portuguese Diocese de Santos ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Santos in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese of Santos was founded on July 4, 1924 by Pope Pius XI. built with the Papal Bull Ubi Praesules from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of São Paulo and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On March 2, 1968, the diocese of Santos gave parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Itapeva . Further territorial assignments took place on January 19, 1974 to found the diocese Registro and on March 3, 1999 to found the diocese Caraguatatuba .
Bishops of Santos
Cathedral of Nossa Senhora do Rosario in Santos
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- José Maria Parreira Lara , 1924–1934, then Bishop of Caratinga
- Paulo de Tarso Campos , 1935–1941, then Bishop of Campinas
- Idílio José Soares , 1943–1966
- David Picão , 1966-2000
- Jacyr Francisco Braido CS , 2000-2015
- Tarcísio Scaramussa SDB , since 2015