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Diocese of

Osasco

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 2,495 km²

Population: 2,119,000 Catholics (82.4% of 2,573,000 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Registro (↙), Sorocaba (←), Jundiaí (↑), São Paulo (↘), Campo Limpo (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 87 parishes, 522 missions, 161 priests (101 diocesan, 60 religious), 2 deacons, 244 lay religious (79 brothers, 165 sisters), 42 seminarians (2015)

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History

Special Churches

Registro (↙), Sorocaba (←), Jundiaí (↑), São Paulo (↘), Campo Limpo (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.04.16 – ...):Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (65)Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Osasco (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (65)Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (65)Permalink
(2014.04.16 – ...)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil)

Cristo nossa Vitória

Born:1952.12.08 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1978.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:2007.03.25

Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil) (2007.01.03 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil) (2014.04.16 – ...)

Bishop Ercílio Turco (80)Bishop Ercílio Turco (80)Permalink
(2002.04.24 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop emeritus of Osasco (Brazil)

Evangelium Dei evangelizare

Born:1938.03.13 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:1990.02.04

Bishop of Limeira (Brazil) (1989.11.18 – 2002.04.24)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil) (2002.04.24 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop Francisco Manuel VieiraPermalink
(1989.03.15 – 2002.04.24)

In virtute Dei

Born:1925.10.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1952.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1975.01.25
Died:2013.12.23 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1974.12.12 – 1989.03.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1974.12.12 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2002.04.24)

as of 2018.11.07

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