Metropolitan see Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto
Rivi Nigri
Latin Church
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirao Preto is a Latin Church see in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1908 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1958. It has been led by Archbishop Moacir Silva since 2013, with suffragans Franca, Jaboticabal, and Sao Joao da Boa Vista.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1908
- Catholics
- 742,100
- Priests
- 142
- Territory
- 8,897 km²
Parishes and churches
82 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sagrada FamíliaRibeirão PretoView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusRibeirão PretoView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusSerranaView parish
- Santa CruzCruz das PossesView parish
- Santa CruzSanta Cruz da EsperançaView parish
- Santa LuziaCravinhosView parish
- Santa LuziaLuís AntônioView parish
- Santa LuziaRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santa LuziaSertãozinhoView parish
- Santa Maria GorettiRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaCássia dos CoqueirosView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaBatataisView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santa Rita de Cássia das PalmeirasRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santa Rosa de ViterboSanta Rosa de ViterboView parish
- Santa Teresinha do Menino JesusRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santa Teresinha DoutoraRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santa Tereza D’ÁvilaRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santa Ângela de MériciRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santo Antônio de PáduaRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santo Antônio de PáduaSanto Antônio da AlegriaView parish
- Santo Antônio de PáduaSão SimãoView parish
- Santo Antônio Maria Claret e Santo Antônio de Sant’Ana GalvãoRibeirão PretoView parish
- Santo Estevão DiáconoRibeirão PretoView parish
- Sant’Ana e São JoaquimRibeirão PretoView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusSertãozinhoView parish
- Senhor Bom Jesus da LapaRibeirão PretoView parish
- Senhor Bom Jesus do BonfimBonfim PaulistaView parish
- São BeneditoRibeirão PretoView parish
- São BentoCajuruView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Moacir Silva
- Born
- 16 July 1954
- Birthplace
- São José dos Campos
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana São Sebastião stands in Ribeirão Preto, 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
This Brazilian archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Rivi Nigri) is seated in the city of Ribeirão Preto. On Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Pope Francis named Bishop Moacir Silva, who had been serving as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São José dos Campos, as the next Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Ribeirão Preto.