Suffragan diocese Itapetininga, Brazil
Diocese of Itapetininga
Itapetiningen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1998
- Catholics
- 546,000
- Priests
- 52
- Territory
- 1,870 km²
Parishes and churches
38 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora dos PrazeresItapetininga · CathedralView parish
- Bom JesusQuadraView parish
- Bom Jesus do Bom FimPilar do SulView parish
- Bom PastorItapetiningaView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoAlambariView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaItapetiningaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaGramadãoView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoTatuíView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresSarapuíView parish
- Nossa Senhora das EstrelasItapetiningaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasItapetiningaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaItapetiningaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Bom SucessoParanapanemaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do PilarPilar do SulView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaTatuíView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusTatuíView parish
- Santa CruzTatuíView parish
- Santa CruzCesário LangeView parish
- Santa CruzVarginhaView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaItapetiningaView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaTatuíView parish
- Santa Teresinha do Menino JesusTatuíView parish
- Santo AntônioPorangabaView parish
- Sant’AnaItapetiningaView parish
- Senhor Bom Jesus e São RoqueBom RetiroView parish
- São Francisco de AssisCapela do AltoView parish
- São JoséCampos de HolambraView parish
- São João BatistaItapetiningaView parish
- São João BatistaGuareíView parish
- São João Paulo IIItapetiningaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci
- Born
- 17 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Fartura
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI TEATINI (C.R.)
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres stands in Itapetininga, 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
The city of Itapetininga anchors this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Itapetiningensis), a member of the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba.