Diocese of São João da Boa Vista
Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São João da Boa Vista, Brazil
The Diocese of Sao Joao da Boa Vista is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in northeastern Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Established on 16 January 1960, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ribeirao Preto. Eugenio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S., took possession as its seventh bishop on 7 April 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 January 1960
- Latin
- Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist (Sao Joao Batista)
- Annuario code
- 001002990
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 465,545
- Population
- 581,932
- Catholic share
- 80.0%
- Priests
- 245
- Catholics per priest
- 1,900
- Extent
- 7,153 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
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
- Eugênio Barbosa Martins
- Born
- 5 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Araguari
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SS.MO SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTINI) (S.S.S.)
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 Saint John the Baptist stands in São João da Boa Vista, 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 Ribeirao Preto
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ribeirao Preto.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of São João da Boa Vista gives its seat to this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia), part of the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto 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].