Suffragan eparchy São Paulo, Brazil
Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo
Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Graecorum Melkitarum
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo is a Melkite Greek Catholic eparchy for the Melkite faithful in Brazil, seated in São Paulo and erected on 29 November 1971. Bishop George Khoury has been eparch since 2019.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1971
- Catholics
- 436,000
- Priests
- 12
- Territory
- 8,514,215 km²
Parishes and churches
6 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral de Nossa Senhora do ParaísoSão Paulo · CathedralView parish
- Concatedral de São Basílio e Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroRio de Janeiro · CathedralView parish
- Paróquia de Nossa Senhora de TsambicaLinsView parish
- Paróquia de Nossa Senhora do LíbanoRio de JaneiroView parish
- Paróquia de Sant'AnaTaubatéView parish
- Paróquia de São JorgeJuiz de ForaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Eparch
- Georges Khoury
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de Nossa Senhora do Paraíso stands in São Paulo, 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
Located in the city of São Paulo within that city's ecclesiastical province, this Brazilian eparchy bears the Latin name Eparchia Dominae Nostrae Paradisi Sancti Pauli Graecorum Melkitarum.