The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourinhos ( la, Dioecesis Parvauratana) is a

diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, pro ...

located in the city of

Ourinhos Ourinhos is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 mil ...

in the

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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

* December 30, 1998: Established as Diocese of Ourinhos from the

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 ...

, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu and

Diocese of Itapeva The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itapeva ( la, Dioecesis Itapevensis) is a diocese located in the city of Itapeva in the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil. History * 2 March 1968: Established as Diocese of Itapeva from the Metropolita ...

Leadership

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s of Ourinhos (Roman rite) ** Bishop Salvatore Paruzzo (December 30, 1998 – May 19, 2021) ** Bishop Eduardo Vieira dos Santos (May 19, 2021 – present)

Sources

GCatholic.org

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