Diocese of Campo Limpo
Campi Limpidi
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Campo Limpo, Brazil
The Diocese of Campo Limpo is a Latin Church suffragan diocese covering the southern and western zones of the city of Sao Paulo plus surrounding municipalities, Brazil. It was established in 1989 from the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 March 1989
- Latin
- Campi Limpidi
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001001038
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,020,000
- Population
- 3,309,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.3%
- Priests
- 193
- Catholics per priest
- 15,648
- Extent
- 1,560 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,936
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P.
- Born
- 14 February 1961
- Birthplace
- Santa Bárbara d'Oeste
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ S. PAOLO (S.S.P.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Santuário Sagrada Família stands in Campo Limpo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of São Paulo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Paulo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GuarulhosGuarulhos
- Diocese of OsascoOsasco
- Diocese of São Miguel PaulistaSão Miguel Paulista
- Archdiocese of São PauloSão Paulo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church territory in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, the Diocese de Campo Limpo (Latin: Dioecesis Campi Limpidi) stands as a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo. Pope John Paul II erected it on 15 March 1989 through the apostolic constitution Com o Beneplácito de Deus.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.