Diocese of Campo Limpo, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Campo Limpo / Campi Limpidi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 29 (2012)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.03.15: Established as Diocese of Campo Limpo / Campi Limpidi (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1989.08.21: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo

Tweets

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.09.14 – ...):

Bishop Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P. (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Campo Limpo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Valdir José de Castro, S.S.P. (62)
(2022.09.14 – ...)

Bishop of Campo Limpo (Brazil)

Omnia propter evangelium

Born:	1961.02.14 (Santa Bárbara do Oeste, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1987.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.11.26

Superior General of Society of Saint Paul (2015.02.04 – 2022.06.15)

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

Bishop Luiz Antônio Guedes (78)
(2008.07.30 – 2022.09.14)

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 Emílio Pignoli (90)
(1989.03.15 – 2008.07.30)

Bishop emeritus of Campo Limpo (Brazil)

Certam Vocationem faciatis

Born:	1932.12.14 (Cappella Piccenardi, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.06.24

Priest of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1957.06.29 – 1976.04.29)

Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil) (1976.04.29 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of Campo Limpo (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2008.07.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santuário Sagrada Família, São Paulo, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima, Embu das Artes, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (135)

Registro (↙), Osasco (↑), São Paulo (↗), Santo Amaro (→), Santos (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 1,560 km²

Population: 2,128,000 Catholics (91.4% of 2,328,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 110 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 201 priests (131 diocesan, 70 religious), 25 deacons, 354 religious (115 brothers, 239 sisters), 23 seminarians