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Suffragan diocese Petrópolis, Brazil

Diocese of Petrópolis

Petropolitan(us)

The Diocese of Petropolis in Rio de Janeiro state was established on April 13, 1946, from the dioceses of Barra do Pirai and Niteroi. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Niteroi, it is led by Bishop Joel Portella Amado, installed in March 2024.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Sao Pedro de Alcantara, in Petrópolis, Brazil.

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Established
1946
Catholics
656,000
Priests
121
Territory
3,075 km²

Parishes and churches

47 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
Joel Portella Amado

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The cathedral

Catedral Sao Pedro de Alcantara stands in Petrópolis, 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

The city of Petrópolis in Brazil is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Petropolitanus), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Niterói.