Diocese of Amparo, Brazil

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Amparo / Amparen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campinas

Bishop (2016.01.06 – ...):

Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Féchio (57)

Bishops of Amparo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Féchio (57)
(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 (70)
(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 (88)
(1997.12.23 – 2010.07.14)

Bishop emeritus of Amparo (Brazil)

Bishop of Amparo (Brazil) (1997.12.23 – 2010.07.14)

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Area: 2,355 km²

Population: 320,880 Catholics (68.2% of 470,182 total) (2020)

Statistics: 34 parishes, 43 priests (39 diocesan, 4 religious), 11 deacons, 88 lay religious (6 brothers, 82 sisters), 13 seminarians (2020)

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Amparo (September 8)

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