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.
- Sant’Ana e São JoaquimCascatinhaView parish
- São CristóvãoTeresópolisView parish
- São JorgeIndependênciaView parish
- São JoséItaipavaView parish
- São JoséItamaratiView parish
- São JoséSão José do Vale do Rio PretoView parish
- São José e São CharbelTeresópolisView parish
- São João BatistaPosseView parish
- São Judas TadeuMoselaView parish
- São Judas TadeuTeresópolisView parish
- São NicolauSão José do Vale do Rio PretoView parish
- São PedroPetrópolisView parish
- São PedroTeresópolisView parish
- São SebastiãoIndaiáView parish
- São SebastiãoCarangolaView parish
- São SebastiãoContendasView parish
- São SebastiãoPiabetáView 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.