Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto

	Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto
Basic data
Country	Brazil
Diocesan bishop	Moacir Silva
founding	1908
surface	8,783 km²
Parishes	89 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents	1,150,000 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics	806,600 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of	70.1%
Diocesan priest	111 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest	51 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest	4,979
Permanent deacons	14 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Friars	131 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters	96 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Portuguese
Website	bispado.org.br/
Suffragan dioceses	Barretos ; Catanduva ; Franca ; Jaboticabal ; Jales ; São João da Boa Vista ; São José do Rio Preto ; Votuporanga

The Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto ( Latin Archidioecesis Rivi Nigri , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Ribeirão Preto ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Ribeirão Preto in the state of São Paulo .

history

The Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto was founded on June 7, 1908 by Pope Pius X. as the Diocese of Ribeirão Preto (lat. "Rivi Nigri") from ceding territories from the Archdiocese of São Paulo . By Pope Pius XII. was on April 19, 1958 the elevation to the archbishopric.

Associated suffragan dioceses are the dioceses of Barretos , Catanduva , Franca , Jaboticabal , Jales , São João da Boa Vista , São José do Rio Preto and Votuporanga .

Ordinaries

Bishops

Alberto José Gonçalves (1908–1945)
Manuel da Silveira d'Elboux (1946–1950), then Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana
Luis do Amaral Mousinho (1952-1958)

Cathedral in Ribeirão Preto

Archbishops

Luis do Amaral Mousinho (1958–1962)
Agnelo Rossi (1962–1964), then Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo
Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos OFM (1965–1972)
Bernardo José Bueno Miele (1972–1981)
Romeu Alberti (1982–1988)
Arnaldo Ribeiro (1988-2006)
Joviano de Lima Júnior SSS (2006–2012)
Moacir Silva (since 2013)

Web links

Entry on Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto on catholic-hierarchy.org

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