Diocese of Jales, Brazil

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Jales / Ialespolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ribeirão Preto

Bishop (2015.10.21 – ...):

Bishop José Reginaldo Andrietta (66)

Bishops of Jales (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Reginaldo Andrietta (66)
(2015.10.21 – ...)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil)

Priest of Limeira (Brazil) (1983.03.18 – 2015.10.21)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (2015.10.21 – ...)

Bishop Luiz Demétrio Valentini (83)
(1982.06.08 – 2015.10.21)

Bishop emeritus of Jales (Brazil)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (1982.06.08 – 2015.10.21)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (1970.03.09 – 1981.06.07)

Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1981.06.07 – 2003.06.25)

Bishop Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A.
(1960.02.13 – 1968.11.07)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (1960.02.13 – 1968.11.07)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1968.11.07 – 1971.03.16)

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Area: 12,788 km²

Population: 299,000 Catholics (80.8% of 370,000 total) (2021)

Statistics: 29 parishes, 43 priests (42 diocesan, 1 religious), 12 religious (5 brothers, 7 sisters), 11 seminarians (2021)

1959.12.12: Established as Diocese of Jales / Ialespolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Rio Preto and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto)
2016.07.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Votuporanga