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Suffragan diocese Amparo, Brazil

Diocese of Amparo

Amparen(sis)

The Diocese of Amparo is a Latin Church diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected on December 23, 1997 from territory of the Archdiocese of Campinas and the Diocese of Limeira. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campinas.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora do Amparo, in Amparo, Brazil.

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Established
1997
Catholics
300,808
Priests
45
Territory
2,084 km²

Parishes and churches

32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Luiz Gonzaga Fechio
Born
4 December 1965
Birthplace
Matão

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora do Amparo stands in Amparo, 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.

History

Amparo, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil, is the seat of this diocese, called Dioecesis Amparensis in Latin.