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Diocese of Itapetininga
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The Diocese of Itapetininga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, established in 1998 from territory of the Diocese of Itapeva and the Archdiocese of Sorocaba. Its current bishop, Dom Luiz Antonio Lopes Ricci, took canonical possession in April 2025.
- Bishop
- Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci
- Latin name
- Itapetiningen(sis)
- Erected
- 15 April 1998
- Cathedral
- Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
- Patron
- Our Lady of Pleasures (Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres)
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Sorocaba (Archdiocese of Sorocaba)
- Catholics
- 546,000
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Rua General Carneiro 409, 18200-024 Itapetininga, SP, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [015]3272-8557; 3275-1461
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Sorocaba 61 km
- Diocese of Botucatu 88 km
- Diocese of Itapeva 94 km
- Diocese of Registro 102 km
- Diocese of Piracicaba 104 km
- Diocese of Embu KE 123 km
Parishes near the see
- Bom Pastor · Itapetininga <1 km
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida · Itapetininga <1 km
- Nossa Senhora das Estrelas · Itapetininga <1 km
- Nossa Senhora das Graças · Itapetininga <1 km
- Nossa Senhora de Fátima · Itapetininga <1 km
- Santa Rita de Cássia · Itapetininga <1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001001692 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08