Suffragan diocese Votuporanga, Brazil
Diocese of Votuporanga
Votuporangen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Votuporanga is a Latin Church diocese in northwest São Paulo state, Brazil, created in 2016 from the dioceses of Jales and São José do Rio Preto. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São José do Rio Preto, led since its founding by Bishop Moacir Aparecido de Freitas.
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- Established
- 2016
- Catholics
- 164,246
- Priests
- 32
- Territory
- 7,694 km²
Parishes and churches
31 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
- Moacir Aparecido de Freitas
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Votuporanga, 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
In the northwest of São Paulo State, in southern Brazil, the Diocese of Votuporanga stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of São José do Rio Preto. Its cathedral seat, the Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida in Votuporanga, São Paulo State, is devoted to Our Lady of Aparecida.