Diocese of Guarulhos
Guarulien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Guarulhos, Brazil
Diocese in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, established on 30 January 1981 from the Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes. The current bishop is Dom Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist., serving since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1981
- Latin
- Guarulien(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Annuario code
- 001001544
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 896,000
- Population
- 1,220,000
- Catholic share
- 73.4%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 10,795
- Extent
- 341 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2,628
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
- Dom Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.
- Born
- 20 April 1960
- Birthplace
- São Paulo
- Institute
- Congregazione Cistercense Brasiliana (O. Cist.)
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 Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Guarulhos, 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 Paulo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Paulo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Campo LimpoCampo Limpo
- Diocese of OsascoOsasco
- Diocese of São Miguel PaulistaSão Miguel Paulista
- Archdiocese of São PauloSão Paulo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Guarulhos, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Guaruliensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil.
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].