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Diocese of Limeira

Limeiren(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limeira, Brazil

The Diocese of Limeira is a Latin rite diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected in 1976 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Campinas. The see is sede vacante as of 2026 after Bishop José Roberto Fortes Palau was transferred to the Archdiocese of Sorocaba on January 8, 2026, with Father Cassio Roberto Rossette serving as diocesan administrator.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
29 April 1976
Latin
Limeiren(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Sorrows (Nossa Senhora das Dores)
Annuario code
001002004

The see in figures

Catholics
632,706
Population
949,059
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
66.7%
Priests
103
Catholics per priest
6,143
Extent
4,958 km²
Catholics per km²
128

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
José Roberto Fortes Palau

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 das Dores stands in Limeira, 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 Campinas

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Campinas.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Campinas lies the Diocese of Limeira (Latin: Dioecesis Limeirensis), seated in the city of Limeira.

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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.