Roman Catholic Diocese of São João da Boa Vista

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Diocese of São João da Boa Vista

Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceRibeirão Preto
Statistics
Area7,153 km2 (2,762 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
581,932
465,545 (80.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established16 January 1960 (61 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São João Batista
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop
Website
[1]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São João da Boa Vista (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of São João da Boa Vista in the Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.

History[]

  • 16 January 1960: Established as Diocese of São João da Boa Vista from the Diocese of Rio Preto

Bishops[]

  • Bishops of São João da Boa Vista (Latin Rite)
    • David Picão (1960.05.14 – 1963.05.10), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, São Paulo
    • (1963.07.02 – 1991.01.23)
    • Dadeus Grings (1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
    • David Dias Pimentel (2001.02.07 – 2016.11.20)
    • [1] (2016.11.20 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

  • , appointed Bishop of Marília, São Paulo in 2013
  • , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2016

Main churches[]

References[]

  1. ^ (in Portuguese) 5 mil fiéis acompanham a posse do novo bispo da diocese de São João. G1. Access in 20 Nov. 2016
  2. ^ "Santuários Diocesanos" (in Portuguese). Diocese de São João da Boa Vista. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.


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