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Suffragan diocese Lins, Brazil

Diocese of Lins

Linen(sis)

The Diocese of Lins is a Latin rite diocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected in 1926 as the Diocese of Cafelândia and renamed Lins in 1950, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Botucatu. João Gilberto de Moura was installed as its ninth bishop on December 14, 2024.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Santo Antônio, in Lins, Brazil.

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Established
1926
Catholics
183,350
Priests
67
Territory
8,429 km²

Parishes and churches

34 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
João Gilberto de Moura

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The cathedral

Catedral Santo Antônio stands in Lins, 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

Seated in the city of Lins, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Linensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Botucatu in Brazil.