Diocese of Araçatuba, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Araçatuba / Arassatuben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Botucatu

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Araçatuba, São Paulo

Churches by City (35)

Três Lagoas (←), Jales (↑), Votuporanga (↑), São José do Rio Preto (↗), Lins (→), Marília (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.05.26 – ...):

Bishop Sérgio Krzywy (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Araçatuba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sérgio Krzywy (70)
(2004.05.26 – ...)

Bishop of Araçatuba (Brazil)

Ide, fazei discípulos meus

Born:	1952.06.30 (Palmeira, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.08.14

Bishop of Araçatuba (Brazil) (2004.05.26 – ...)

Bishop Maurício Grotto de Camargo (65) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.09.17 – 2004.05.24)

Bishop José Carlos Castanho de Almeida
(1994.03.23 – 2003.09.17)

Scio Cui Credidi

Born:	1930.06.14 (Guarei, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.05.02
Died:	2022.02.27 (Sorocaba, SP, Brazil † 91)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1982.03.03 – 1987.09.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1982.03.03 – 1987.09.05)

Bishop of Itumbiara (Brazil) (1987.09.05 – 1994.03.23)

Bishop of Araçatuba (Brazil) (1994.03.23 – 2003.09.17)

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Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 9,798 km²

Population: 442,140 Catholics (86.9% of 509,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 33 parishes, 276 missions, 50 priests (35 diocesan, 15 religious), 3 deacons, 34 lay religious (15 brothers, 19 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)

History

1994.03.23: Established as Diocese of Araçatuba / Arassatuben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Lins and became suffragan of Botucatu)