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Suffragan diocese Piracicaba, Brazil

Diocese of Piracicaba

Piracicaben(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Piracicaba in Sao Paulo state was erected on February 26, 1944, by Pope Pius XII. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campinas, it has been led by its sixth bishop, Devair Araujo da Fonseca, since January 2021.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Santo Antonio de Padua, in Piracicaba, Brazil.

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Established
1944
Catholics
551,938
Priests
2
Territory
5,402 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Devair Araújo da Fonseca
Born
1 February 1968
Birthplace
Franca

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The cathedral

Catedral Santo Antonio de Padua stands in Piracicaba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Part of the ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Piracicabensis) is seated in the city of Piracicaba.

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