Diocese of Santos
Santosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santos, Brazil
The Diocese of Santos is a Latin Church suffragan diocese covering the Baixada Santista coastal region of Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Established on 4 July 1924, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo. Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimaraes succeeded as diocesan bishop on 5 November 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 July 1924
- Latin
- Santosen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary (Nossa Senhora do Rosario)
- Annuario code
- 001002983
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,310,551
- Population
- 1,530,874
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.6%
- Priests
- 84
- Catholics per priest
- 15,602
- Extent
- 2,369 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 553
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
- Joaquim Giovani Mol Guimarães
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary stands in Santos, 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 Sao Paulo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sao Paulo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Mogi das CruzesMogi das Cruzes
- Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São PauloSão Paulo
- Diocese of Santo AmaroSanto Amaro
- Diocese of Santo AndréSanto André
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Part of the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Santosensis) is centered on the city of Santos.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Av. Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves 254, 11015-200 Bairro Macuco, Santos, SP, Brasil
- Telephone
- [013]3228-8888; 3228-8883
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.