Diocese of Piracicaba
Piracicaben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Piracicaba, Brazil
The Diocese of Piracicaba in Sao Paulo state was erected on February 26, 1944, by Pope Pius XII. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campinas, it has been led by its sixth bishop, Devair Araujo da Fonseca, since January 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 February 1944
- Latin
- Piracicaben(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001002607
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 551,938
- Population
- 988,326
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 55.8%
- Priests
- 2
- Catholics per priest
- 275,969
- Extent
- 5,402 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 102
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
- Devair Araújo da Fonseca
- Born
- 1 February 1968
- Birthplace
- Franca
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 Santo Antonio de Padua stands in Piracicaba, 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:
- Diocese of AmparoAmparo
- Diocese of Bragança PaulistaBragança Paulista
- Archdiocese of CampinasCampinas
- Diocese of JaúJaú
- Diocese of LimeiraLimeira
- Diocese of São CarlosSão Carlos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Piracicabensis) is seated in the city of Piracicaba.
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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.