Suffragan diocese Franca, Brazil
Diocese of Franca
Francopolitan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Franca is a Latin Church diocese in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto. It was established in 1971 from territory of the Diocese of Rio Preto.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1971
- Catholics
- 600,000
- Priests
- 83
- Territory
- 6,721 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçaoFranca · CathedralView parish
- Cristo Rei do UniversoOrlândiaView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoNuporangaView parish
- Menino Jesus de PragaFrancaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaItirapuãView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaFrancaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaPedregulhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaRestingaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaSão Joaquim da BarraView parish
- Nossa Senhora da GuiaFrancaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasFrancaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoItuveravaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do PatrocínioBuritizalView parish
- Nossa Senhora do PatrocínioFrancaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do PatrocínioPatrocínio PaulistaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusFrancaView parish
- Santa EdwigesFrancaView parish
- Santa GiannaFrancaView parish
- Santa LuziaFrancaView parish
- Santa MônicaFrancaView parish
- Santa RitaFrancaView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaIgarapavaView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaSales OliveiraView parish
- Santa TeresinhaFrancaView parish
- Santo AntônioAraminaView parish
- Santo AntônioFrancaView parish
- Santo AntônioRifainaView parish
- Sant’AnaFrancaView parish
- São BeneditoFrancaView parish
- São CrispimFrancaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Paulo Roberto Beloto
- Born
- 9 April 1957
- Birthplace
- Adamantina
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception stands in Franca, 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
Within the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil, the Diocese of Franca has its seat in the city of Franca and carries the Latin name Dioecesis Francopolitana.