Archdiocese of Campinas
Campinen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Campinas, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Campinas is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Erected as a diocese in 1908 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1958, it serves as the metropolitan see for several suffragan dioceses including Braganca Paulista, Limeira, and Piracicaba.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 June 1908
- Latin
- Campinen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001035
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,275,980
- Population
- 1,748,115
- Catholic share
- 73.0%
- Priests
- 193
- Catholics per priest
- 6,611
- Extent
- 2,134 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 598
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Archbishop
- João Inácio Müller, O.F.M.
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Campinas, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmparoAmparo
- Diocese of Bragança PaulistaBragança Paulista
- Diocese of JaúJaú
- Diocese of LimeiraLimeira
- Diocese of PiracicabaPiracicaba
- Diocese of São CarlosSão Carlos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].