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Suffragan diocese São João da Boa Vista, Brazil

Diocese of São João da Boa Vista

Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, in São João da Boa Vista, Brazil.

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Established
1960
Catholics
465,545
Priests
245
Territory
7,153 km²

Parishes and churches

75 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
Eugênio Barbosa Martins
Born
5 September 1960
Birthplace
Araguari
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL SS.MO SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTINI) (S.S.S.)

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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.

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.