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Diocese of São José do Rio Preto
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Latin Catholic see in northwestern São Paulo state, erected as the Diocese of Rio Preto in 1929 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 22 May 2025. Its suffragan dioceses are Barretos, Catanduva, Jales, and Votuporanga.
- Archbishop
- Antônio Emídio Vilar
- Latin name
- Sancti Josephi Riopreten(sis)
- Established
- 1929 (archdiocese 2025)
- Cathedral
- Catedral São José
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- São José do Rio Preto
- Catholics
- 701,000
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Avenida Constituição 1372, Boa Vista, 15025-120 São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [017]2136-8699
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Catanduva 58 km
- Diocese of Votuporanga 73 km
- Diocese of Barretos 89 km
- Diocese of Lins 104 km
- Diocese of Araçatuba 120 km
- Diocese of Jaboticabal 124 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida · São José do Rio Preto 2 km
- Cristo Rei · São José do Rio Preto 2 km
- Divino Espírito Santo · São José do Rio Preto 2 km
- Imaculada Conceição de Nossa Senhora · São José do Rio Preto 2 km
- Imaculado Coração de Maria · São José do Rio Preto 2 km
- Jesus Bom Pastor e São Sebastião · São José do Rio Preto 2 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002992 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08