The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu ( la, Archidioecesis Botucatuensis) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

located in the city of

Botucatu Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has an estimated population of 148,130 (as of 2020) in an area of . It lies on the top of a plateau ( high). Botuca ...

in Brazil.

History

* June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of Botucatu from the

Diocese of São Paulo In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

In 1937 the bishop of the diocese,

Carlos Duarte Costa Carlos Duarte Costa (July 21, 1888 – March 26, 1961) was a Brazilian Catholic bishop who became the founder of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church, an independent Catholic church, and its international communion, which long after his ...

resigned under pressure from the Vatican. He would later go on to form a Brazilian Catholic Church that allowed married priests and ended personal confessions. * April 19, 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Bishops of Botucatu (Latin Rite) **

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(1908.10.17 – 1923.10.19) **

(1924.07.04 – 1937.09.22) ** Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. (1938.04.12 – 1946.05.05) ** Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. (1948.05.15 – 1958.04.19) * Archbishops of Botucatu **

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, O.F.M. (1958.04.19 – 1968.03.27) **

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(1968.03.27 – 1989.05.30) **

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(1989.05.30 – 2000.06.07) ** Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. (2000.06.07 – 2008.11.19) ** Maurício Grotto de Camargo (2008.11.19 - present)

Auxiliary bishop

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(1965-1968), appointed Bishop of Itapeva, São Paulo

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

José Melhado Campos José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, appointed Bishop of Lorena, São Paulo in 1960 *

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, appointed Bishop of Apucarana, Parana in 2018

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Araçatuba *

Diocese of Assis The Roman Catholic Diocese of Assis ( la, Dioecesis Assisensis) is a diocese located in the city of Assis in the Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu in Brazil. History * November 11, 1928: Established as Diocese of Assis from the Diocese of Botu ...

* Diocese of Bauru * Diocese of Lins * Diocese of Marília * Diocese of Ourinhos * Diocese of Presidente Prudente

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website
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