Diocese of Santo Amaro
Sancti Mauri
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santo Amaro, Brazil
The Diocese of Santo Amaro is a Latin Church suffragan diocese covering the southern region of the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was established on 15 March 1989 from the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, of which it is a suffragan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 March 1989
- Latin
- Sancti Mauri
- Patron
- Saint Maurus (Santo Amaro)
- Annuario code
- 001002977
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,900,000
- Population
- 2,800,000
- Catholic share
- 67.9%
- Priests
- 182
- Catholics per priest
- 10,440
- Extent
- 600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3,167
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Giuseppe Negri
- Born
- 18 September 1959
- Birthplace
- Milano
- Institute
- PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE (P.I.M.E.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Santo Amaro stands in Santo Amaro, 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.
The province of Sao Paulo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sao Paulo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Mogi das CruzesMogi das Cruzes
- Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São PauloSão Paulo
- Diocese of Santo AndréSanto André
- Diocese of SantosSantos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
This diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Mauri) covers the district of Santo Amaro within the city of São Paulo, and belongs to that city's ecclesiastical province in Brazil.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].