Diocese of Itapetininga
Itapetiningen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Itapetininga, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 April 1998
- Latin
- Itapetiningen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Pleasures (Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres)
- Annuario code
- 001001692
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 546,000
- Population
- 635,000
- Catholic share
- 86.0%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 10,500
- Extent
- 1,870 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 292
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
- Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci
- Born
- 17 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Fartura
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI TEATINI (C.R.)
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 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.
The province of Sorocaba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sorocaba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItapevaItapeva
- Diocese of JundiaíJundiaí
- Diocese of RegistroRegistro
- Archdiocese of SorocabaSorocaba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Itapetininga anchors this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Itapetiningensis), a member of the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba.
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].