Diocese of São José dos Campos, Brazil

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.03.20 – ...):

Bishop José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São José dos Campos (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. (69)
(2014.03.20 – ...)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil)

Born:	1953.03.01 (Rio do Sul, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.29

Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (2009.01.28 – 2014.03.20)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (2014.03.20 – ...)

Bishop Moacir Silva (68) (later Archbishop)
(2004.10.20 – 2013.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Permanecei em mim

Born:	1954.07.16 (São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.11

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (2004.10.20 – 2013.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (2013.04.24 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2021.08.18 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. (83)
(1991.05.11 – 2003.10.01)

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 Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. (later Cardinal)
(1981.02.11 – 1991.01.23)

Deus é bom

Born:	1932.12.08 (Luzerna, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.05.01
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21
Died:	2021.01.13 (São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1981.02.11 – 1991.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2001.07.25 – 2009.02.27)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (2001.10.03 – 2010.07.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (2003.10.21 [2004.06.14] – 2021.01.13)

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Statistics

Area: 3,271 km²

Population: 671,842 Catholics (66.4% of 1,012,552 total) (2020)

Statistics: 45 parishes, 1 mission, 104 priests (77 diocesan, 27 religious), 102 deacons, 133 lay religious (29 brothers, 104 sisters), 33 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 1 (2005)

History

1981.01.30: Established as Diocese of São José dos Campos / Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia (Latin) (from Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes and Diocese of Taubaté and became suffragan of Aparecida)

Diocese of

São José dos Campos

Brazil