Diocese of São João da Boa Vista, Brazil

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Batista, São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Bom Sucesso, Caconde, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Limeira (↙), Ribeirão Preto (↖), Guaxupé (↑), Pouso Alegre (→), Amparo (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.08.03 – ...):

Bishop José Carlos Brandão Cabral (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São João da Boa Vista (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Carlos Brandão Cabral (59)
(2022.08.03 – ...)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Eis aí o teu filho

Born:	1963.05.30 (Tupã, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.09.15

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (2013.06.19 – 2022.08.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2020.03.25 – 2020.11.18)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2022.08.03 – ...)

Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. (64)
(2016.09.28 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)

A vida pelas ovelhas

Born:	1957.11.14 (Guardinha, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.09.27

Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres (Brazil) (2008.07.23 – 2016.09.28)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2016.09.28 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2022.01.19 – ...)

Bishop David Dias Pimentel
(2001.02.07 – 2016.09.28)

Ministrare

Born:	1941.03.18 (São Miguel dos Acores, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.01.31
Died:	2021.03.16 (São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil † 79)

Titular Bishop of Marazanæ (1996.12.11 – 2001.02.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1996.12.11 – 2001.02.07)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2001.02.07 – 2016.09.28)

Bishop Dadeus Grings (86) (later Archbishop)
(1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

A Verdade Vos Libertará

Born:	1936.09.07 (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.03.15

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2000.04.12 – 2001.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2001.02.07 – 2013.09.18)

Bishop Tomás Vaquero
(1963.07.02 – 1991.01.23)

Born:	1914.03.26 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.15
Died:	1992.08.02 († 78)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1963.07.02 – 1991.01.23)

Bishop David Picão
(1960.05.14 – 1963.05.10)

Omnibus Omnia Factus

Born:	1923.08.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.07.31
Died:	2009.04.30 († 85)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1960.05.14 – 1963.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Thois (1963.05.10 – 1966.11.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1963.05.10 – 1966.11.21)

Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1966.11.21 – 2000.07.26)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 7,089 km²

Population: 469,400 Catholics (75.0% of 625,885 total) (2020)

Statistics: 79 parishes, 216 priests (149 diocesan, 67 religious), 277 lay religious (170 brothers, 107 sisters), 34 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

History

1960.01.16: Established as Diocese of São João da Boa Vista / Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto)