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Suffragan diocese Santo Amaro, Brazil

Diocese of Santo Amaro

Sancti Mauri

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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Santo Amaro, Brazil, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1989
Catholics
1,900,000
Priests
182
Territory
600 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Giuseppe Negri
Born
18 September 1959
Birthplace
Milano
Institute
PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE (P.I.M.E.)

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Santo Amaro stands in Santo Amaro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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