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Suffragan diocese São Carlos, Brazil

Diocese of São Carlos

Sancti Caroli in Brasilia

The Diocese of Sao Carlos is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Erected on 7 June 1908 as the Diocese of Sao Carlos do Pinhal and renamed in 1957, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Campinas.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint Charles Borromeo, in São Carlos, Brazil.

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Established
1908
Catholics
801,000
Priests
144
Territory
13,317 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Luiz Carlos Dias
Born
16 September 1964
Birthplace
Caconde

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Charles Borromeo stands in São Carlos, 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

Within the ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Brasilia) has its seat in the city of São Carlos.