Diocese of Santo André, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santo André / Sancti Andreæ in Brasilia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Andrew (November 30)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 22 (1958)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.07.18: Established as Diocese of Santo André / Sancti Andreæ in Brasilia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)

Tweets

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.05.27 – ...):

Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipolini (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santo André (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipolini (71)
(2015.05.27 – ...)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)

In nomine Jesu

Born:	1952.05.04 (Caconde, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.10.12

Priest of Franca (Brazil) (1978.02.25 – 2010.07.14)

Bishop of Amparo (Brazil) (2010.07.14 – 2015.05.27)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (2015.05.27 – ...)

Bishop José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. (84)
(2003.10.01 – 2015.05.27)

Bishop emeritus of Santo André (Brazil)

Sem mim nada podeis

Born:	1939.09.11 (Imarui, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.07.20

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1991.05.11 – 2003.10.01)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (2003.10.01 – 2015.05.27)

Bishop Décio Pereira
(1997.05.21 – 2003.02.05)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1940.04.15 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.01.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2003.02.05 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Martirano (1979.04.02 – 1997.05.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1979.04.02 – 1997.05.21)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (1997.05.21 – 2003.02.05)

Bishop Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M. (later Cardinal)
(1975.12.29 – 1996.05.29)

Vós sois todos irmãos

Born:	1934.08.08 (Montenegro, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1958.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.05.25
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2022.07.04 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 87)

Titular Bishop of Carcabia (1975.03.22 – 1975.12.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (1975.03.22 – 1975.12.29)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (1975.12.29 – 1996.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1996.05.29 – 1998.04.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2006.10.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana (2001.02.21 [2001.05.20] – 2022.07.04)

Prefect of Congregation for Clergy (2006.10.31 – 2010.10.07)

President of International Council for Catechesis (2006.10.31 – 2010.10.07)

President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) (2020.06.29 – 2022.03.27)

Bishop Jorge Marcos de Oliveira
(1954.07.26 – 1975.12.29)

Omnia in Christo

Born:	1915.11.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1940.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.10.27
Died:	1989.05.28 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Bagis (1946.08.03 – 1954.07.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1946.08.03 – 1954.07.26)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (1954.07.26 – 1975.12.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M. (later Cardinal) (1975.03.22 – 1975.12.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Airton José dos Santos (67) (later Archbishop) (2001.12.19 – 2004.08.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Santo André, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (150)

Santo Amaro (←), Santos (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 825 km²

Population: 2,550,000 Catholics (90.3% of 2,825,048 total)

Pastoral Centres: 105 parishes, 244 missions

Personnel: 156 priests (105 diocesan, 51 religious), 42 deacons, 192 religious (79 brothers, 113 sisters), 30 seminarians