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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Sorocaba

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Phone
  
+55 11 4583-7474

Bishop
  
Vicente Costa

Metropolitan
  
Sorocaba

Area
  
2,262 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2011) 1,155,000 980,000 (84.8%)

Established
  
7 November 1966 (50 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora do Desterro

Address
  
R. Eng. Roberto Mange, 400 - Anhangabaú, Jundiaí - SP, 13208-970, Brazil

Similar
  
Mitra Diocesana de Jundiaí, Catedral Nossa Senhora, Paróquia São João Bosco, Paróquia Cristo Redentor, Paróquia Nossa Senhora

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí (Latin: Dioecesis Iundiaiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Jundiaí in the Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil.

Contents

History

  • 7 November 1966: Established as Diocese of Jundiaí from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Jundiaí (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Vicente Costa (2009.12.30 - Present)
  • Bishop Gil Antônio Moreira (2004.01.07 – 2009.01.28)
  • Bishop Amaury Castanho (1996.10.02 – 2004.01.07)
  • Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1982.03.11 – 1996.10.02)
  • Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (1966.11.21 – 1982.03.11)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí Wikipedia
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