Diocese of

Amparo

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 2,355 km²

Population: 300,752 Catholics (67.8% of 443,388 total) (2018)

Statistics: 33 parishes, 47 priests (39 diocesan, 8 religious), 1 deacon, 103 lay religious (10 brothers, 93 sisters), 11 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campinas

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Amparo (September 8)

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1997.12.23: Established as Diocese of Amparo / Amparen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas and Diocese of Limeira)

Bishop (2016.01.06 – ...):

Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Féchio (55)

Bishops of Amparo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Féchio (55)
(2016.01.06 – ...)

Bishop of Amparo (Brazil)

Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena (2011.01.19 – 2016.01.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2011.01.19 – 2016.01.06)

Bishop of Amparo (Brazil) (2016.01.06 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipolini (68)
(2010.07.14 – 2015.05.27)

Bishop of Amparo (Brazil) (2010.07.14 – 2015.05.27)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (2015.05.27 – ...)

Bishop Francisco José Zugliani (86)
(1997.12.23 – 2010.07.14)

Bishop emeritus of Amparo (Brazil)

Bishop of Amparo (Brazil) (1997.12.23 – 2010.07.14)

as of 2020.12.31