Diocese of São Miguel Paulista, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São Miguel Paulista / Sancti Michaëlis Paulinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

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

Churches by City (109)

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.09.21 – ...):

Bishop-elect Algacir Munhak, C.S. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São Miguel Paulista (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Algacir Munhak, C.S. (56)
(2022.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Born:	1966.04.19 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.12.17

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (2022.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Parrado Carral (75)
(2008.01.09 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Anunciamos Jesus Cristo

Born:	1946.09.29 (San Román, 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 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B. (90)
(1989.03.15 – 2008.01.09)

Bishop emeritus of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Cum Matre Jesu

Born:	1931.12.17 (São Paulo, SP, 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 (1999.06.16 – 2002.02.20)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 196 km²

Population: 2,398,000 Catholics (80.6% of 2,974,819 total) (2020)

Statistics: 104 parishes, 244 missions, 137 priests (115 diocesan, 22 religious), 7 deacons, 189 lay religious (34 brothers, 155 sisters), 15 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: São Miguel (September 29)

History

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