Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Piracicaba / Piracicaben(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Campinas
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop (2020.11.11 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Piracicaba (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil)
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Bishop emeritus of Piracicaba (Brazil)
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Bishop Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Eduardo Koaik
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Bishop Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo
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Bishop Ernesto de Paula
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Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (later Archbishop) |
Area: 4,663 km²
Population: 578,295 Catholics (56.4% of 1,025,002 total) (2020)
Statistics: 70 parishes, 386 missions, 127 priests (76 diocesan, 51 religious), 48 deacons, 176 lay religious (71 brothers, 105 sisters), 27 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 17 (1962)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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