Diocese of São José dos Campos
Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São José dos Campos, Brazil
Latin Catholic diocese in São Paulo state, erected in 1981 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Aparecida. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Dismas in São José dos Campos.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1981
- Latin
- Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia
- Patron
- Saint Dismas
- Annuario code
- 001002993
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 680,670
- Population
- 872,654
- Catholic share
- 78.0%
- Priests
- 100
- Catholics per priest
- 6,807
- Extent
- 3,271 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 208
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
- José Valmor César Teixeira
- Born
- 1 March 1953
- Birthplace
- Rio do Sul
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
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
Catedral de São Dimas stands in São José dos Campos, 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 Aparecida
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Aparecida.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AparecidaAparecida
- Diocese of CaraguatatubaCaraguatatuba
- Diocese of LorenaLorena
- Diocese of TaubatéTaubaté
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Aparecida in Brazil lies this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia, with its seat in the city of São José dos Campos.
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].