Suffragan diocese Lins, Brazil
Diocese of Lins
Linen(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoCafelândia · CathedralView parish
- Santa Isabel da HungriaCafelândia · CathedralView parish
- Santo AntônioLins · CathedralView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaJúlio MesquitaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaGuaimbêView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaLinsView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaPromissãoView parish
- Nossa Senhora da AssunçãoGetulinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de GuadalupeLinsView parish
- Nossa Senhora de GuadalupePenápolisView parish
- Nossa Senhora Rainha dos AnjosReginópolisView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaPenápolisView parish
- Santa Clara de AssisPenápolisView parish
- Santa LuziaAvanhandavaView parish
- Santa LuziaPromissãoView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaPenápolisView parish
- Santa TeresinhaPenápolisView parish
- Santa TeresinhaGlicérioView parish
- Santa Teresinha do Menino JesusGuarantãView parish
- Santo ExpeditoLinsView parish
- São BeneditoLinsView parish
- São Francisco de AssisLinsView parish
- São José OperárioLinsView parish
- São João BatistaAlto AlegreView parish
- São João BatistaBalbinosView parish
- São João BatistaClementinaView parish
- São João BatistaGuaiçaraView parish
- São João BoscoLinsView parish
- São Judas TadeuLinsView parish
- São Lucas EvangelistaLinsView parish
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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.