Diocese of São Carlos
Sancti Caroli in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São Carlos, Brazil
The Diocese of Sao Carlos is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Erected on 7 June 1908 as the Diocese of Sao Carlos do Pinhal and renamed in 1957, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campinas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1908
- Latin
- Sancti Caroli in Brasilia
- Patron
- Saint Charles Borromeo (Sao Carlos Borromeu)
- Annuario code
- 001002987
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 801,000
- Population
- 1,097,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.0%
- Priests
- 144
- Catholics per priest
- 5,563
- Extent
- 13,317 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 60
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
- Luiz Carlos Dias
- Born
- 16 September 1964
- Birthplace
- Caconde
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 Saint Charles Borromeo stands in São Carlos, 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 PiracicabaPiracicaba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Brasilia) has its seat in the city of São Carlos.
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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.