The Diocese of Presidente Prudente ( la, Dioecesis Prudentipolitana) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in Southern

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. It is a

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in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu. Its

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is in the Catedral São Sebastião, dedicated to

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, in the

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of Presidente Prudente.

History

* Established on January 16, 1960, as Diocese of Presidente Prudente, on territory split off from

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 ...

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 542,400 Catholics (93.1% of 582,700 total) on 15,513 km² in 53 parishes and 4 missions with 67 priests (55 diocesan, 12 religious), 58 lay religious (22 brothers, 36 sisters) and 17 seminarians .

Bishops

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all native Brazilians) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Presidente Prudente'' *

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(1960.03.26 – 1968.05.06); previously Bishop of Dourados (Brazil) (1958.01.23 – 1960.03.26); next Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil) (1968.05.06 – retired 1997.02.26), died 2011 * José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop) (1969.11.24 – 1975.08.19); previously

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of Rhodopolis (1962.06.25 – 1969.11.24) as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1962.06.25 – 1969.11.24), Secretary General of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1964 – 1968); later

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(1975.08.19 – 1979.04.19) as

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of Niterói (Brazil) (1975.08.19 – 1979.04.19), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (1979.04.19 – 1990.05.09), died 2001 * Antônio Agostinho Marochi (1976.02.02 – retired 2002.02.20), died 2018; previously Titular Bishop of Thabraca (1973.09.27 – 1976.02.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Londrina (Brazil) (1973.09.27 – 1976.02.02) * José María Libório Camino Saracho (2002.02.20 – retired 2008.04.16); previously Titular Bishop of Urusi (1999.06.16 – 2002.02.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (1999.06.16 – 2002.02.20) * Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos (2008.04.16 – ...).

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Maurício Grotto de Camargo, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Assis, São Paulo in 2000

Sources and External links

GCatholic.org - data for all sections

Diocese website
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Botucatu Religious organizations established in 1960 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

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