Diocese of Bauru, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bauru / Bauruen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Botucatu

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ourinhos (↙), Marília (←), Lins (↖), Jaú (→), Botucatu (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 24 (2004)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1964.02.15: Established as Diocese of Bauru / Bauruen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu and Diocese of Lins and became suffragan of Botucatu)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.03.28 – ...):

Bishop Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bauru (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. (66)
(2018.03.28 – ...)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil)

Transivit benefaciendo

Born:	1959.09.29 (Tarabaí, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.10.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.03.18

Titular Bishop of Idassa (2011.12.21 – 2018.03.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2011.12.21 – 2018.03.28)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (2018.03.28 – ...)

Bishop Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M. (83)
(2009.04.15 – 2018.03.28)

Bishop emeritus of Bauru (Brazil)

Evangelizare omni creaturæ

Born:	1942.07.30 (Lins, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.07

Coadjutor Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2002.04.24 – 2006.11.29)

Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2006.11.29 – 2009.04.15)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (2009.04.15 – 2018.03.28)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Guedes (80)
(2001.10.24 – 2008.07.30)

Bishop emeritus of Campo Limpo (Brazil)

Scio Cui Credidi

Born:	1945.11.25 (Mogi Mirim, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.03.09

Priest of Campinas (Brazil) (1972.05.20 – 1997.01.29)

Titular Bishop of Maturba (1997.01.29 – 2001.10.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1997.01.29 – 2001.10.24)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (2001.10.24 – 2008.07.30)

Bishop of Campo Limpo (Brazil) (2008.07.30 – 2022.09.14)

Bishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1990.09.04 – 2000.06.07)

Vim para servir

Born:	1933.02.07 (Piquete, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.07.22
Died:	2012.06.19 (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil † 79)

Bishop of Paulo Afonso (Brazil) (1984.05.21 – 1987.10.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (1987.10.30 – 1990.09.04)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (1990.09.04 – 2000.06.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (2000.06.07 – 2008.11.19)

Bishop Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B.
(1970.04.27 – 1990.09.04)

Veritas in caritate

Born:	1915.09.05 (São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1946.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.05
Died:	2008.01.25 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 92)

Titular Bishop of Tremithus (1962.06.25 – 1966.01.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1962.06.25 – 1966.01.03)

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil) (1966.01.03 – 1970.04.27)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (1970.04.27 – 1990.09.04)

Bishop Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni (later Archbishop)
(1964.03.25 – 1968.03.27)

Caritas fraternitatis maneat

Born:	1911.12.14 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1936.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.06.29
Died:	2007.08.15 (Brasília, DF, Brazil † 95)

Titular Bishop of Lauzadus (1955.04.20 – 1964.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1955.04.20 – 1964.03.25)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (1964.03.25 – 1968.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1968.03.27 – 1989.05.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. (later Archbishop) (1987.10.30 – 1990.09.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, Bauru, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (41)

Ourinhos (↙), Marília (←), Lins (↖), Jaú (→), Botucatu (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,891 km²

Population: 487,900 Catholics (89.7% of 544,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes

Personnel: 65 priests (44 diocesan, 21 religious), 6 deacons, 80 religious (46 brothers, 34 sisters), 8 seminarians