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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Emeritus Bishops
  
Gilberto Pereira Lopes

Country
  
Brazil

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Airton José dos Santos

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
2,134 km²

Emeritus bishop
  
Gilberto Pereira Lopes

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)1,748,1151,275,980 (73.0%)

Established
  
7 June 1908 (108 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Campinas

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas (Latin: Archidioecesis Campinensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Campinas in Brazil.

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History

  • June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of Campinas from the Diocese of São Paulo
  • April 19, 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica Nossa Senhora do Carmo

    • Leadership

  • Archbishops of Campinas (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Airton José dos Santos (since 2012.02.15)
  • Archbishop Bruno Gamberini (2004.06.02 – 2011.08.28)
  • Archbishop Gilberto Pereira Lopes (1982.02.10 – 2004.06.02)
  • Archbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira (1968.09.19 – 1982.02.10)
  • Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (1958.04.19 – 1968.09.19)
  • Bishops of Campinas (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (later Archbishop) (1941.12.14 – 1958.04.19)
  • Bishop Francisco de Campos Barreto (1920.07.30 – 1941.08.22)
  • Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery (1908.08.03 – 1920.02.01)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Amparo
  • Diocese of Bragança Paulista
  • Diocese of Limeira
  • Diocese of Piracicaba
  • Diocese of São Carlos

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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