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Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto

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Rite
  
Roman Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
14,423 km²

Cathedral
  
Catedral São José

Bishop
  
Tomé Ferreira da Silva

Country
  
Brazil

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
934,000701, 000 (75.05%)

Established
  
25 January 1929 (88 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto (Latin: Dioecesis Riopretensis) is a diocese located in the city of São José do Rio Preto in the Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.

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History

  • 25 January 1929: Established as Diocese of Rio Preto from the Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal
  • 11 December 2002: Renamed as Diocese of São José do Rio Preto

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Rio Preto

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of São José do Rio Preto (Roman rite)
  • Tomé Ferreira da Silva (16 November 2012–present)
  • Bishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (25 February 2006–2012); elevated to Archbishop of Uberaba
  • Bishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. (25 April 1997–8 December 2004); elevated to Archbishop of Belem do Para, then Archbishop of Sao Sebastio Rio de Janeiro
  • Bishops of Rio Preto (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop José de Aquino Pereira (4 August 1968–26 February 1997)
  • Bishop Lafayette Libânio (27 December 1930–3 November 1966)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto Wikipedia
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