Roman Catholic Diocese of São João da Boa Vista

Diocese of São João da Boa Vista Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia
Catedral São João Batista in 2014
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Ribeirão Preto
Statistics
Area	7,153 km^2 (2,762 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 581,932 465,545 (80.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	16 January 1960 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral São João Batista
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Carlos Brandão Cabral
Metropolitan Archbishop	Moacir Silva
Map
Website
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of São João da Boa Vista (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of São João da Boa Vista in the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.

History

• 16 January 1960: Established as Diocese of São João da Boa Vista from the Diocese of Rio Preto

Bishops

• Bishops of São João da Boa Vista (Latin Rite)
  • David Picão (1960.05.14 – 1963.05.10), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, São Paulo
  • Tomás Vaquero (1963.07.02 – 1991.01.23)
  • Dadeus Grings (1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
  • David Dias Pimentel (2001.02.07 – 2016.11.20)
  • Antônio Emídio Vilar^[1] (2016.11.20 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Luiz Antônio Cipolini, appointed Bishop of Marília, São Paulo in 2013
• Luiz Carlos Dias, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2016

Main churches

• Santuário de Adoração Nossa Senhora do Rosário – Mococa-SP
• Santuário do Perpétuo Socorro – São João da Boa Vista-SP
• Santuário Nossa Senhora do Desterro – Casa Branca
• Santuário Nossa Senhora Aparecida – Tambaú-SP
• Santuário Santa Luzia – Espírito Santo do Pinhal – SP
• Basílica Santuário Nossa Senhora da Conceição – Caconde – SP
• Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Caconde, Caconde^[2]

References

1. (in Portuguese) 5 mil fiéis acompanham a posse do novo bispo da diocese de São João. G1. Access in 20 Nov. 2016
2. "Santuários Diocesanos" (in Portuguese). Diocese de São João da Boa Vista. 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy