Diocese of

São Miguel Paulista

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 196 km²

Population: 2,455,000 Catholics (80.6% of 3,046,000 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Neighbouring Dioceses: São Paulo (↙), Guarulhos (↖), Mogi das Cruzes (→)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 102 parishes, 244 missions, 144 priests (115 diocesan, 29 religious), 8 deacons, 259 lay religious (58 brothers, 201 sisters), 20 seminarians (2015)

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History

1989.03.15: Established as Diocese of São Miguel Paulista / Sancti Michaëlis Paulinen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Miguel Arcanjo, São Paulo, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nossa Senhora da Penha, São Paulo, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

São Paulo (↙), Guarulhos (↖), Mogi das Cruzes (→)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.01.09 – ...):

Bishop Manuel Parrado Carral (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São Miguel Paulista (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manuel Parrado Carral (72)
(2008.01.09 – ...)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Anunciamos Jesus Cristo

Born:	1946.09.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.10

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena (2001.01.03 – 2008.01.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2001.01.03 – 2008.01.09)

Apostolic Administrator of São Paulo (Brazil) (2006.12.03 – 2007.03.21)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (2008.01.09 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B. (87)
(1989.03.15 – 2008.01.09)

Bishop emeritus of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Cum Matre Jesu

Born:	1931.12.17 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.31

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1980.03.28 – 1985.04.25)

Bishop of Limeira (Brazil) (1985.04.25 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2008.01.09)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho (87) (1999.06.16 – 2002.02.20)

as of 2019.01.17