Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_São_Carlos

Roman Catholic Diocese of São Carlos

Roman Catholic Diocese of São Carlos

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Carlos (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of São Carlos in the ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil.

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History

  • June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal from the Diocese of São Paulo
  • November 25, 1957: Renamed as Diocese of São Carlos

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Bishops of São Carlos
    • Bishop Paulo Cezar Costa (2016.06.22 - present)
    • Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (2006.11.22 – 2015.12.16)
    • Bishop Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. (1995.10.25 – 2006.04.05), appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
    • Bishop Constantino Amstalden (1986.09.19 – 1995.10.25)
    • Bishop Ruy Serra (1957.11.25 – 1986.09.19)
  • Bishops of São Carlos do Pinhal (Roman Rite)
    • Bishop Ruy Serra (1948.02.13 – 1957.11.25)
    • Bishop Gastão Liberal Pinto (1937.10.15 – 1945.10.24)
    • Archbishop (personal title) José Marcondes Homem de Melo (1908.08.09 – 1937.10.15)

Coadjutor bishops

  • Gastão Liberal Pinto (1934-1937)
  • Constantino Amstalden (1971-1986)

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • José de Aquino Pereira, appointed Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul in 1958
  • Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias in 1980
  • Virgílio de Pauli, appointed Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana in 1981
  • José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 1991
  • Bruno Gamberini, appointed Bishop of Bragança Paulista, São Paulo in 1995
  • Francisco José Zugliani, appointed Bishop of Amparo, São Paulo in 1997
  • Sérgio da Rocha, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara in 2001; future Cardinal
  • Francisco Carlos da Silva, appointed Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais in 2007
  • Luis Gonzaga Féchio, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2011
  • Moacir Aparecido de Freitas, appointed Bishop of Votuporanga, São Paulo in 2015

References


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