The Roman Catholic Diocese of São José dos Campos ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia) is a

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located in the city of

São José dos Campos São José dos Campos (, meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. One of the leading industrial and res ...

, in the

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in Brazil.

History

* January 30, 1981: Established as Diocese of São José dos Campos from the

Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes ( la, Dioecesis Crucismogiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Mogi das Cruzes in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil. History * 9 June 1962: Established as Diocese of Mogi das ...

and Diocese of Taubaté

Bishops

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s of São José dos Campos (

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) ** Bishop

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, S.C.I. Dehonians (1981.02.11 – 1991.01.23), appointed Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina (

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in 2003) **Bishop

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, S.C.I. (1991.05.11 – 2003.10.01), appointed Bishop of Santo André, São Paulo **Bishop

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(2004.10.20 – 2013.04.24), appointed Archbishop of

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**Bishop

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, S.D.B. (2014.03.20 - present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Dimas Lara Barbosa Dimas Lara Barbosa (born April 1, 1956) is a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro from 2003 till 2011, when he became archbishop of Campo Grande. Life Born in Boa E ...

was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 2003

References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website (Portuguese)
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