Diocese of Osasco
Osascanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Osasco, Brazil
The Diocese of Osasco is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of São Paulo, established in 1989. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo and led by Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M., since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 March 1989
- Latin
- Osascanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002478
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,229,000
- Population
- 2,160,175
- Priests
- 172
- Catholics per priest
- 12,959
- Extent
- 2,416 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 923
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
- João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa
- Born
- 8 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Guaratinguetá
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 Santo Antônio stands in Osasco, 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 São Paulo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Paulo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Campo LimpoCampo Limpo
- Diocese of GuarulhosGuarulhos
- Diocese of São Miguel PaulistaSão Miguel Paulista
- Archdiocese of São PauloSão Paulo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Osascanensis) is seated in the city of Osasco.
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].