Suffragan diocese Petrópolis, Brazil
Diocese of Petrópolis
Petropolitan(us)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- São Pedro de AlcântaraPetrópolis · CathedralView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaGuapimirimView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaMagéView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaQuitandinhaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da AjudaGuapimirimView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoMagéView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoBempostaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoVenda NovaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição e Santo AleixoSanto AleixoView parish
- Nossa Senhora da GuiaMagéView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PiedadeMagéView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresArealView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaMadame MachadoView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesArarasView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Amor DivinoCorrêasView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Bom SucessoBonsucessoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioPetrópolisView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusPetrópolisView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusTeresópolisView parish
- Santa ClaraValparaísoView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaMagéView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaCastriotoView parish
- Santa Teresa d’ÁvilaTeresópolisView parish
- Santa Terezinha do Menino JesusParque CaçulaView parish
- Santo AntônioAlto da SerraView parish
- Santo AntônioJardim Nova MariliaView parish
- Santo AntônioTeresópolisView parish
- Santo Antônio e Santo AgostinhoNogueiraView parish
- Santo Tomás AquinoRetiroView parish
- Sant’Ana de InconfidênciaParaíba do SulView parish
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.