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Suffragan diocese Osasco, Brazil

Diocese of Osasco

Osascanen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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

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Established
1989
Catholics
2,229,000
Priests
172
Territory
2,416 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa
Born
8 December 1952
Birthplace
Guaratinguetá
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI

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The cathedral

Catedral Santo Antônio stands in Osasco, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Osascanensis) is seated in the city of Osasco.

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