Diocese of Santo André
Sancti Andreae in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santo André, Brazil
The Diocese of Santo Andre is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the ABC industrial region of greater Sao Paulo, Brazil. Established on 18 July 1954, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 July 1954
- Latin
- Sancti Andreae in Brasilia
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Nossa Senhora do Carmo)
- Annuario code
- 001002978
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,100,000
- Population
- 2,354,722
- Catholic share
- 89.2%
- Priests
- 163
- Catholics per priest
- 12,883
- Extent
- 720 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2,917
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
- Pedro Carlos Cipolini
- Born
- 4 May 1952
- Birthplace
- Caconde
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 Our Lady of Mount Carmel stands in Santo André, 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 AmaroSanto Amaro
- Diocese of SantosSantos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Santo André, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Andreae in Brasilia) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of São Paulo.
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].