The Roman Catholic Diocese of Registro ( la, Dioecesis Registrensis) 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

Registro Registro is a city near the Atlantic coast of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 56,393 (2020 est.) in an area of 722 km². The elevation is 25 m. Registro in Portuguese means register, and this name was given to the city because it was th ...

in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

Sorocaba Sorocaba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. It ...

in Brazil.

History

* 19 January 1974: Established as Diocese of Registro from the

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 Metropolitan ...

and

Diocese of Santos The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos ( la, Dioecesis Santosensis) is a diocese located in the city of Santos in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil. History * 4 July 1924: Established as Diocese of Santos from the Metropolitan A ...

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: **Basílica Nossa Senhora das Neves e Bom Jesus,

Iguape Iguape is a municipality located into the Ribeira Valley in the southern portion of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 30,989 (2020 estimate) in an area of , making it the largest municipality area in São Paulo state. The city was ...

Leadership

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of Registro (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Manoel Ferreira dos Santos, Júnior, M.S.C. (2018.05.16 - present) ** Bishop José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D. (1998.05.26 – 2018.05.16) ** Bishop Apparecido José Dias,

S.V.D. The Society of the Divine Word ( la, Societas Verbi Divini), abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Ri ...

(1974.12.13 – 1996.06.26), appointed Bishop of Roraima, Roraima

References

GCatholic.org

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