Diocese of Santo Amaro, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santo Amaro / Sancti Mauri (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.03.15: Established as Diocese of Santo Amaro / Sancti Mauri (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.12.02 – ...):	Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E. (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.02.15 – ...):	Bishop Marcelo Antônio da Silva (52) Titular Bishop of Tabaicara

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santo Amaro (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E. (64)
(2015.12.02 – ...)

Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

Basta-te a minha graça

Born:	1959.09.19 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.05

Titular Bishop of Puppi (2005.12.14 – 2009.02.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (2005.12.14 – 2009.02.18)

Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil) (2009.02.18 – 2014.10.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil) (2014.10.29 – 2015.12.02)

Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil) (2015.12.02 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. (84)
(1989.03.15 – 2015.12.02)

Bishop emeritus of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

A serviço do Evangelho

Born:	1939.12.01 (Muzambinho, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.03.10

Titular Bishop of Ulcinj (1984.01.21 – 1984.11.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1984.01.21 – 1984.11.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1984.11.12 – 1985.08.03)

Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1985.08.03 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2015.12.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E. (64) (2014.10.29 – 2015.12.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L. (80) (2000.04.05 – 2002.07.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (103)

Campo Limpo (←), São Paulo (↑), Santo André (→), Santos (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 563 km²

Population: 2,619,219 Catholics (82.4% of 3,179,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 111 parishes

Personnel: 182 priests (113 diocesan, 69 religious), 524 religious (169 brothers, 355 sisters), 25 seminarians