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Diocese of Guarulhos

Guarulien(sis)

Diocese in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, established on 30 January 1981 from the Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes. The current bishop is Dom Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist., serving since 2014.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
30 January 1981
Latin
Guarulien(sis)
Patron
Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Annuario code
001001544

The see in figures

Catholics
896,000
Population
1,220,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
73.4%
Priests
83
Catholics per priest
10,795
Extent
341 km²
Catholics per km²
2,628

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
Dom Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.
Born
20 April 1960
Birthplace
São Paulo
Institute
Congregazione Cistercense Brasiliana (O. Cist.)

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 Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Guarulhos, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Seated in the city of Guarulhos, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Guaruliensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil.

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Sources

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.