Suffragan diocese Amparo, Brazil
Diocese of Amparo
Amparen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.