Diocese of Catanduva
Catanduven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Catanduva, Brazil
Diocese of Catanduva in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2000 from territory of the dioceses of Jaboticabal, São José do Rio Preto, and São Carlos. It became a suffragan of São José do Rio Preto in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 February 2000
- Latin
- Catanduven(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida)
- Annuario code
- 001001079
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 218,000
- Population
- 266,455
- Catholic share
- 81.8%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 4,844
- Extent
- 4,601 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Bishop
- José Benedito Cardoso
- Born
- 12 September 1961
- Birthplace
- Angatuba
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
Catedral Santuário Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Catanduva, 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 São José do Rio Preto
A suffragan of São José do Rio Preto.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarretosBarretos
- Diocese of JalesJales
- Archdiocese of São José do Rio PretoSão José do Rio Preto
- Diocese of VotuporangaVotuporanga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto, the city of Catanduva is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese known in Latin as Dioecesis Catanduvensis.
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].