Diocese of São Carlos, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São Carlos / Sancti Caroli in Brasilia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campinas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Charles Borromeo (November 4)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1908.06.07: Established as Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal / Sancti Caroli in Brasilia (Latin) (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1929.01.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jaboticabal and Diocese of Rio Preto
1957.11.25: Renamed as Diocese of São Carlos / Sancti Caroli in Brasilia (Latin)
1958.04.19: Became suffragan of Campinas
2000.02.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Catanduva

Tweets

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.10.20 – ...):

Bishop Luiz Carlos Dias (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São Carlos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Carlos Dias (59)
(2021.10.20 – ...)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil)

Vim para servir

Born:	1964.09.16 (Caconde, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.05.07

Priest of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1991.04.05 – 2016.03.16)

Titular Bishop of Tunes (2016.03.16 – 2021.10.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2016.03.16 – 2021.10.20)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2021.10.20 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Catanduva (Brazil) (2023.11.01 – 2024.01.04)

Bishop Paulo Cezar Costa (56) (later Cardinal)
(2016.06.22 – 2020.10.21)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio
Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Omnia sustinet propter electos

Born:	1967.07.20 (Valença, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.02.05
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Valença (Brazil) (1992.12.05 – 2010.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Œscus (2010.11.24 – 2016.06.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2010.11.24 – 2016.06.22)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2016.06.22 – 2020.10.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2020.10.21 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (2022.08.27 [2022.10.07] – ...)

Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (78)
(2006.11.22 – 2015.12.16)

Bishop emeritus of São Carlos (Brazil)

Opus Solidarietatis Pax

Born:	1945.11.22 (Patrocinio, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.24

Priest of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1972.04.08 – 1989.09.24)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2006.11.22 – 2015.12.16)

Bishop Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. (later Archbishop)
(1995.10.25 – 2006.04.05)

Deus está conosco

Born:	1942.04.23 (Uberaba, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.12.27
Died:	2012.06.21 († 70)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (1995.10.25 – 2006.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (2006.04.05 – 2012.06.21)

Bishop Constantino Amstalden
(1986.09.19 – 1995.10.25)

Sicut miles Christi

Born:	1920.07.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.23
Died:	1997.02.14 († 76)

Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana (1971.03.11 – 1986.09.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (1971.03.11 – 1986.09.19)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (1986.09.19 – 1995.10.25)

Bishop Ruy Serra
(1957.11.25 – 1986.09.19)

Born:	1900.03.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.01
Died:	1986.09.19 († 86)

Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil) (1948.02.13 – 1957.11.25)

Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (1957.11.25 – 1986.09.19)

Bishops of São Carlos do Pinhal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ruy Serra
(1948.02.13 – 1957.11.25)

(see above)

Bishop Gastão Liberal Pinto
(1937.10.15 – 1945.10.24)

Pro ecclesia et patria fiant eximia

Born:	1884.04.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1900.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.05.20
Died:	1945.10.24 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Hippos (1934.03.24 – 1937.10.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil) (1934.03.24 – 1937.10.15)

Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil) (1937.10.15 – 1945.10.24)

Archbishop José Marcondes Homem de Melo
(1908.08.09 – 1937.10.15)

Non recuso laborem

Born:	1860.09.13 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1883.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.06.29
Died:	1937.10.15 († 77)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.04.26 – 1906.05.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.05.01 – 1906.12.06)

Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais antea Syis (1906.12.06 – 1908.08.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil) (1908.08.09 – 1937.10.15)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Constantino Amstalden (1971.03.11 – 1986.09.19)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gastão Liberal Pinto (1934.03.24 – 1937.10.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eduardo Malaspina (56) (2018.03.07 – 2022.12.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (69) (2001.10.10 – 2003.12.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Carlos Borromeu, São Carlos, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica São Bento, Araraquara, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (127)

Botucatu (↙), Bauru (←), Catanduva (↖), Jaboticabal (↖), Ribeirão Preto (↑), Limeira (↘), Piracicaba (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 13,064 km²

Population: 838,000 Catholics (67.7% of 1,237,214 total)

Pastoral Centres: 132 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 187 priests (164 diocesan, 23 religious), 56 deacons, 93 religious (43 brothers, 50 sisters), 40 seminarians