Diocese of Limeira
Limeiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limeira, Brazil
The Diocese of Limeira is a Latin rite diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected in 1976 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Campinas. The see is sede vacante as of 2026 after Bishop José Roberto Fortes Palau was transferred to the Archdiocese of Sorocaba on January 8, 2026, with Father Cassio Roberto Rossette serving as diocesan administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 April 1976
- Latin
- Limeiren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Sorrows (Nossa Senhora das Dores)
- Annuario code
- 001002004
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 632,706
- Population
- 949,059
- Catholic share
- 66.7%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 6,143
- Extent
- 4,958 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 128
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
- José Roberto Fortes Palau
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 das Dores stands in Limeira, 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 Campinas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Campinas.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AmparoAmparo
- Diocese of Bragança PaulistaBragança Paulista
- Archdiocese of CampinasCampinas
- Diocese of JaúJaú
- Diocese of PiracicabaPiracicaba
- Diocese of São CarlosSão Carlos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Campinas lies the Diocese of Limeira (Latin: Dioecesis Limeirensis), seated in the city of Limeira.
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].